Questions & Answers about यह फ्लैट रोशन और सुरक्षित है।
Why does the sentence start with यह?
यह means this. It is the demonstrative used for something near the speaker, so यह फ्लैट means this flat/apartment.
In careful written Hindi, यह is the standard singular form. In everyday speech, many speakers pronounce it more like ये, but in formal writing you normally use यह for singular.
Why is the word order फ्लैट रोशन और सुरक्षित है instead of something more like English?
Hindi usually puts the verb at the end, so a sentence like this often follows the pattern:
subject + description + verb
So:
- यह फ्लैट = this flat
- रोशन और सुरक्षित = bright and safe
- है = is
That is why the is equivalent, है, comes at the end.
What exactly is है doing here?
है is the present-tense form of the verb to be for he/she/it/this/that and singular nouns in sentences like this.
So in this sentence, है links the subject (यह फ्लैट) with its qualities (रोशन और सुरक्षित), just like is in English.
Compare:
- यह फ्लैट सुरक्षित है। = This flat is safe.
- यह कमरा बड़ा है। = This room is big.