Breakdown of היא שכחה את הכפכפים ליד הדלת, ולכן חזרה לקחת אותם.
Questions & Answers about היא שכחה את הכפכפים ליד הדלת, ולכן חזרה לקחת אותם.
את marks a definite direct object. It does not get translated into English, but it tells you that the thing being acted on is specific.
Here, הכפכפים means the flip-flops, so it is definite, and that is why Hebrew uses את:
- שכחה כפכפים = she forgot flip-flops / some flip-flops
- שכחה את הכפכפים = she forgot the flip-flops
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew word for the.
So:
- כפכפים = flip-flops
- הכפכפים = the flip-flops
Since the sentence is talking about a specific pair, Hebrew uses ה־.
שכחה is the past tense, third person feminine singular form of the verb לשכוח (to forget).
It matches the subject היא (she):
- הוא שכח = he forgot
- היא שכחה = she forgot
So the ending shows that the subject is feminine singular.