"של מי הילד הזה?"

Translation: Whose is this boy?

[bpzlearner]

Is "Whose boy is this?" correct. If not, how would you say that?

[NaftaliFri1]

It's fine

[bpzlearner]

Thank you

[langaugeartist]

Is "Who is this boy?", "?מי הילד הזה"?

[Pumbush]

Yes

[KnightDelta]

whose is the possessive form of who, so the question is actually to whom the child belongs (the answer can be "Rina", "Gila", "David" and so on)

[Heysoos1]

Except that we english speakers just say "whose." As much as it bothers you, that's modern English and we can't change it. Here, have a consolidation hug (^-^)/

[HTIKVA]

As a question in English should be "whose boy is this?"

[polygloterin]

Couldn't this also be translated as "Whose son is this?"

[Luchtmens]

I think that would use the word בן (son).

[sofa4ka]

Why not 'whose child is it '?

[YardenNB]

Should be accepted IMHO.

[Sabri449866]

Why the "של" on the phrase?

[NaftaliFri1]

to indicate possession

[ThapanDubayehudi]

He is your servant David, the son of Jesse

[Luchtmens]

If ?של מי הילד הזה translates to "Whose is this boy?", how would one say "Whose boy is this?" in Hebrew? Would it be:

I ?הילד של מי זה?

[YardenNB]

Is there a difference between the two English sentences? The Hebrew sentence you suggest is possible, a bit unnatural, and I wouldn't attach it to one the two English variants more strongly than to the other.

[IngeborgHa14]

Well, בֶּן־מִי אַתָּה הַנַּ֫עַר ISam 17:58 Whose son are you, young man?

[Theresa754142]

Shel mi ha-yeled haze?