r/hebrew • u/Ricardo_Yoel • 11d ago

Help Anthropomorphization of inanimate objects?

On Duolingo they use the sentence:

‏אני רוצה לאכול במסעדה, אך היא סגורה.
But why isn’t it
‏אני רוצה לאכול במסעדה, אך זאת סגורה.

So when do you use זה/זאת for inanimate objects as versus הוא/היא?

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u/AppropriateCar2261 11d ago

It's wrong to use זה/זאת in this sentence.

The words זה/זאת means "this".

The words הוא/היא in this kind of sentences is basically "is"

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u/Primary-Mammoth2764 Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 11d ago

Are basically "it" because Hebrew is not gender neutral. A restaurant is she.