यह यात्रा सफल रही।

this

Breakdown of यह यात्रा सफल रही।

• रहना: to stay
• यात्रा: trip
• सफल: successful

Questions & Answers about यह यात्रा सफल रही।

What does each word in यह यात्रा सफल रही do in the sentence?

Here is the breakdown:

• यह = this
• यात्रा = journey / trip
• सफल = successful
• रही = a feminine past form of रहना that helps express remained/turned out to be/was

So the sentence literally feels something like:

This journey successful remained.

Natural English: This journey was successful.

Why is यात्रा feminine?

In Hindi, every noun has a grammatical gender, even if it refers to a thing rather than a person.

• यात्रा is a feminine noun.
• Because of that, words that agree with it may also appear in feminine form.

That is why the sentence has रही and not रहा.

Why do we use रही here instead of रहा or रहे?

रही agrees with the feminine singular noun यात्रा.

Compare:

• यात्रा सफल रही। = The journey was successful.
  
  • यात्रा is feminine singular, so रही
• सफ़र सफल रहा। = The trip/journey was successful.