È nata qui.

Because nascere (to be born) forms the passato prossimo with essere, not avere.

So:

• è nata = was born / has been born in form, though in English we usually translate it as was born
• not ha nata, which is incorrect

Many intransitive verbs, especially verbs involving change of state or movement, use essere in compound tenses, and nascere is one of them.

Nata is the past participle of nascere.

Its basic forms are:

• nato = masculine singular
• nata = feminine singular
• nati = masculine plural
• nate = feminine plural

In this sentence, nata tells you the subject is feminine singular.

When a verb takes essere in compound tenses, the past participle usually agrees with the subject in gender and number.

So:

• Lei è nata qui. = a woman / girl was born here
• Lui è nato qui. = a man / boy was born here
• Loro sono nati qui. = they were born here (mixed or masculine group)
• Loro sono nate qui. = they were born here (all feminine group)

That is why you see nata here instead of nato.

Italian often omits subject pronouns when the meaning is clear from the verb form or context.

So:

• È nata qui. and
• Lei è nata qui.

can both mean the same thing.

Italian does this much more than English. In English, you usually need she or another subject, but in Italian it is very normal to leave it out.

Not necessarily. It means that the omitted subject is feminine singular, but that subject does not have to be a person.

It could mean:

• She was born here
• It was born here, if it refers to a feminine noun

For example, if you were talking about la città or la bambina, the feminine form would make sense. Context tells you exactly who or what the subject is.

È is the third-person singular present tense of essere (to be).

In the passato prossimo, you combine:

• present tense of essere
• past participle

So:

• è nata = literally is born in structure, but the actual meaning is was born

Also, the accent matters:

• è = is
• e = and

The accent distinguishes the verb è (is) from the conjunction e (and).

So:

• è nata = is/was born
• e nata would be wrong here

This is a very important spelling point in Italian.

Yes. Qui è nata is grammatically correct.

Italian word order is more flexible than English, and moving qui to the front can put more emphasis on here.

Compare:

• È nata qui. = neutral
• Qui è nata. = Here is where she was born / She was born here

The most neutral everyday order is still È nata qui.

In many cases, very little.

Both qui and qua can mean here:

• È nata qui.
• È nata qua.

Both are natural. Very broadly:

• qui can sound a little more standard or precise
• qua can sound a little more conversational in some contexts

But in a sentence like this, the difference is usually small.

You change both the auxiliary and the past participle as needed.

• È nato qui. = He was born here
• È nata qui. = She was born here
• Sono nati qui. = They were born here (masculine or mixed group)
• Sono nate qui. = They were born here (all feminine)

So the participle must match the subject.

Formally, è nata is the passato prossimo, which is built like a present perfect. But with nascere, English usually translates it as a simple past:

• È nata qui. = She was born here

English does not usually say She has been born here in this context. So the natural translation is the simple past, even though the Italian tense is the passato prossimo.

For the negative, put non before the auxiliary:

• Non è nata qui. = She was not born here

For a question, Italian often uses the same word order and relies on intonation:

• È nata qui? = Was she born here?

You could also add more context:

• Lei è nata qui?
• Non è nata qui?

A simple pronunciation guide is:

eh NAH-ta kwee

More closely:

• È = open eh
• nata = NAH-ta
• qui = kwee

A rough IPA version is:

• [ɛ ˈnaːta kwi]

A couple of useful notes:

• qui is pronounced as one syllable: kwee
• stress falls on the first syllable of nata: NA-ta