"זאת ילדה."

Translation: This is a girl.

[KingDavid77]

Does the word "this" in hebrew have to be adjusted to the following noun?

like ילד -> male, so זה ? and ילדה -> female, so זאת?

[nBXpT]

Exactly

[netstar_98]

I thought זאת was this, not that

[cbuma]

Nononono. Its just the feminine version of "Za." They both can mean this or that, it varies on context.

[JGduolingoer]

ze*

[benbfly]

Why doesn't זאת have a "ו" in it if it makes the "oh" sound? Is this just an exception to the rule?

[MattHaythem]

Aleph (א) can theoretically represent any possible vowel depending on the niqqudot. Unfortunately they aren't written here. Usually aleph represents /a/, but not always.

[Shayna683706]

So are "this girl" and "this is a girl" written the same in Hebrew?

[ValerieJoh467088]

I think so therefore my answer should have been correct.

[danny912421]

No, they are not the same.

This is a girl - זאת ילדה

This girl - הילדה הזאת

[Juli.Kaefer]

I am sure, I just heared and saw "זאת" for the first time, during strenghtening the skill. It would be nice to have it included more frequently in the course!
Another thing: I couldn't report this using the report button. There used to be more options in other language courses - can we have them here too, please?

[Chris627136]

How would you simply say "that girl"?

[RafYoung]

I’m struggling to get my head around why “this girl” is not correct, as well as “this is a girl”. How would one say “this girl”, eg “well, this girl plays great football” or whatever?

[benton.1]

"This girl" or "that girl" is "הילדה הזות".

[RuqiyahHad]

זאת ילדה.

[cicada.corazon]

I wrote "זות" and was marked correct. But is it?

[zarelha]

No. Hit I have seen it spelled as זאות (with both א and ו) in some articles. Maybe it's the modern non-nikkud way.

[Sun.of.GOD]

Does זאת also mean "it's"?

[benton.1]

Yes. "It is" is זה for masculine and זאת for feminine.

[Sun.of.GOD]

Tov kol b'seder, todah rabbah

[samirlevitt]

I was under the impression that זאת meant "those" or "these," in the feminine form, not "this."

[nBXpT]

אלה=plural of this
זאת=this female
זה=this male

[samirlevitt]

Thanks, how is אלה pronounced?

[nBXpT]

éléh --> in French
in Spanish --> like the word (Qu)e L (Qu)e h
it's difficult to explain in English. it will be better if I can record my voice

[TJabraao]

Let me try for you! =D

-Have in you mind the "e" sound in "America", or "Perry". THIS is the sound of "ÉLÉH". The H (ה) has no sound at the end of words.

[samirlevitt]

Why is there a "h" sound? Aleph doesn't make one.

[samirlevitt]

Is the "h" there because you're French?

[nBXpT]

because at the end it's ה ... sorry I think the first I don't write correctly the word

[samirlevitt]

I understand. I have a few French-speaking relatives.

[kaliki22]

Is it "yellda" or "yelleda" ?

[Romel294]

Yalda

[G2ml9]

Yallda

[InonCohen]

Kaliki22 - Yalda

[Jade963898]

I thought it was "that girl". It wasn't accepted.

[danny912421]

x זאת ילדה - this/that/it is a girl

x הילדה הזאת - this/that girl

[Hannah987078]

Zoot jildaa

[Daniel45198]

in english you cannot say "THIS is a girl" the correct translation would be "she is a girl" don't you think?

[Shayna683706]

It's grammatically correct, you're just not as likely to have a reason to use the phrase "this is a girl."

[ValerieSch17]

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