هي تفرز الملابس.

she

Breakdown of هي تفرز الملابس.

• يفرز الملابس: to sort the clothes

Questions & Answers about هي تفرز الملابس.

What does هي mean here?

هي is the third-person feminine singular pronoun. In English, that usually means she.

It can also mean it when referring to a grammatically feminine noun, but in this sentence, if the meaning shown is about a female person, it means she.

Why does the verb start with تـ in تفرز?

In Arabic, present/imperfect verbs usually begin with a prefix that shows the subject.

Here, تـ is the prefix used for forms such as:

• she
• you masculine singular

So by itself, تفرز could potentially mean she sorts or you sort. The pronoun هي removes any doubt and makes it clearly she.

Does تفرز already include the idea of she? If so, why is هي there?

Yes. The verb form already tells you the subject is third-person feminine singular, so تفرز الملابس can already mean she sorts the clothes.

Adding هي can:

• make the subject more explicit
• add emphasis or contrast, like she sorts the clothes
• help clarity in simple learning examples

So هي is not always necessary, but it is perfectly normal.

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