Questions & Answers about ההצלחה שלה במבחן חשובה לה מאוד, כי היא למדה כל השבוע.
Why is there no Hebrew word for is in the first part of the sentence?
In Hebrew, present-tense sentences like this often do not use a separate verb meaning to be.
So:
ההצלחה שלה במבחן חשובה לה מאוד
literally works like:
Her success in the test very important to her.
That is normal Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, then Hebrew would usually use a form of היה:
- ההצלחה שלה הייתה חשובה לה = Her success was important to her
- ההצלחה שלה תהיה חשובה לה = Her success will be important to her
Why does the sentence say ההצלחה שלה and not just הצלחה שלה?
ההצלחה שלה means her success in a specific, definite sense.
The ה at the beginning makes הצלחה definite: the success.
So ההצלחה שלה is basically her success / the success she had.
If you said הצלחה שלה, that would sound more like:
- a success of hers
- one success she had
So the version in the sentence points to a particular success, not just any success.
Why is שלה placed after the noun instead of before it?