Questions & Answers about היא קונה חולצה, מכנסיים ונעליים בחנות.
Why does the sentence begin with היא?
היא is the feminine singular pronoun meaning she. It tells you the subject of the sentence is a female person.
In this sentence:
- היא = she
- קונה = buys / is buying
So the sentence is about what she is buying.
Why is the verb קונה used with היא? Shouldn’t a feminine subject have a different verb form?
That is a very common question. In the present tense, some Hebrew verbs have the same spelling for masculine and feminine singular in normal unpointed writing.
The verb here comes from קנה = to buy.
So:
- הוא קונה = he buys
- היא קונה = she buys
If vowel marks were shown, the masculine and feminine could be distinguished more clearly, but in everyday Hebrew writing they are both written קונה. The subject היא tells you this one is feminine.
Does קונה mean buys or is buying?