यह मैच जीतिए।

Win this match.

Breakdown of यह मैच जीतिए।

• यह: this
• मैच: match
• जीतना: to win

Questions & Answers about यह मैच जीतिए।

Why is यह used here? Is it just the word for this?

Yes. यह is the direct-form demonstrative meaning this (and sometimes he/she/it, depending on context).
In यह मैच जीतिए, it modifies मैच, so it means this match.

A useful pattern:

• यह मैच = this match
• इस मैच में = in this match
• इस मैच को = this match (with को)

So learners often see यह and इस and wonder which one to use:

• यह = direct form
• इस = oblique form, used before postpositions like में, को, से, पर, etc.

Why is it यह मैच, not इस मैच?

Because there is no postposition after मैच here.

In Hindi, words like यह change form depending on whether the noun phrase is in the direct form or followed by a postposition.

Compare:

• यह मैच जीतिए। = Win this match.
• इस मैच में जीतिए। = Win in this match.
• इस मैच को जीतिए। = Win this match. (grammatically possible, but less natural here)

So in your sentence, मैच appears without a postposition, so यह is the expected form.

What kind of verb form is जीतिए?