Questions & Answers about बस लगभग पहुँच गई है।
Why is गई feminine in पहुँच गई है?
Because बस is a feminine noun in Hindi. In many perfective-style expressions, the verb agrees with the subject when there is no ने marker blocking agreement.
So:
- बस ... गई है = feminine singular
- ट्रेन ... गई है = feminine singular
- लड़का ... गया है = masculine singular
- लड़कियाँ ... गई हैं = feminine plural
Here, गई matches बस.
What is the role of गई here? Does it literally mean went?
Not really. Although गई is historically the feminine form of जाना (to go), in sentences like this it often works as part of a compound verb.
So पहुँच गई है is best understood as a unit meaning something like:
- has arrived
- has gotten there
- has reached
The गई adds a sense of completion or successful arrival, rather than independently meaning went.
Why is है needed at the end?
है is the present-tense auxiliary here. It helps form a present perfect/resultative meaning.
Compare:
- बस पहुँच गई। = The bus arrived.
- बस पहुँच गई है। = The bus has arrived / The bus is arrived now.