Breakdown of הילדה פתחה את הקלמר שלה וחיפשה עט, עיפרון ומחק.
Questions & Answers about הילדה פתחה את הקלמר שלה וחיפשה עט, עיפרון ומחק.
ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
- ילדה = girl / a girl
- הילדה = the girl
So the sentence is talking about a specific girl, not just any girl.
Because it is a past-tense feminine singular verb form.
The subject is הילדה, which is feminine singular, so the verb matches it:
- פתח = he opened
- פתחה = she opened
Hebrew verbs often show gender and number, especially in the past tense.
Here את is the direct object marker. It does not get translated into English.
It is used before a definite direct object, usually one with ה־ or some other definite meaning.
So:
- פתחה את הקלמר = opened the pencil case
You would not usually use את before an indefinite noun such as עט if it means a pen.
Also, this את is not the pronoun you (feminine singular) in meaning, even though it is spelled the same in unpointed Hebrew. Here the grammar makes it clear that it is the object marker.