Questions & Answers about זאת ודאי הכתובת הנכונה.
זאת is the feminine singular demonstrative, meaning this or sometimes that, depending on context.
In this sentence, it points to something being identified:
זאת ודאי הכתובת הנכונה = This is certainly the correct address.
So זאת is functioning like English this in This is the correct address.
A learner should also know that in modern Hebrew, זו is very common instead of זאת, especially in speech. So you may also hear:
זו ודאי הכתובת הנכונה
with basically the same meaning.
Because Hebrew normally leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.
So where English says:
- This is the correct address
Hebrew often simply says:
- זאת הכתובת הנכונה
That kind of sentence is called a nominal sentence: no present-tense is/am/are appears.
However, in the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:
- זאת הייתה הכתובת הנכונה = This was the correct address
- זאת תהיה הכתובת הנכונה = This will be the correct address