"उसकी बहन अमेरिका में रहती है।"

Translation: His sister lives in America.

[Mozhgan.sphr]

why his sister and not her sister? with what word possessive pronoun
is matched?

[Suchiththa]

Her sister is also accepted. Context will tell you.

[angel178891]

Their sister can also be replaced

[rkirsling]

So बहन is pronounced as बेहेन?

[emrys29]

Yes.
Most of the Hindi words are pronounced like they are written but the ह is the letter that defies this rule most of the time. Whenever it comes in the middle or at the end, it changes the sound.

Much better explanation at -
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28129604
and
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28126948

[Madhav_Malhotra]

Colloquially, most people barely ever bother to pronounce ह when it is not at the beginning of a word. I personally blend बहन so it sounds more भेन.

[ph.i59f3g]

What is the difference between uska and uski

[da864606]

The possessive is marked for the gender and number of the possessee. उसका for masculine singular direct, उसके for masculine plural or oblique, and उसकी for feminine singular/plural/direct/oblique.

• उसका कुत्ता (masculine singular direct)

• उसके कुत्ते (masculine, singular oblique or plural)

• उसकी बिल्ली (feminine singular, direct or oblique)

• उसकी बिल्लियाँ (feminine plural, direct)
• उसकी बिल्लियों (feminine plural, oblique)

[Dream_chaser_27]

Uski is used when the object is feminine and uska , when the object is masculine. Eg uski kithab . Uska ghar . Uski behen . Uska bhai . etc .

[Nandi.Moksha]

So उसकी & रहती are both feminine in this example because बहन (sister) is the object?

Re: उसकी बहन अमेरिका में रहती है।

[da864606]

Correct

[Dream_chaser_27]

True

[ItzShootingStar]

Why we can't use her instead of his

[da864606]

You can, Duolingo just doesn't accept it for some reason.

[ph.5wFZp3]

Can we use her instead of his

[Sakshiands5]

If you know the gender of that person so you you can use his instead of her

<pre>For example = Peter's sister live in America so the solution is His sister live in America Hope it helps </pre>

[Visi221]

I think there is a problem with the audio

[RanjeetKum698067]

His sister lives in America

[kelseywhit7]

Their* sister could also work, yes?

[Gothicath]

I think उसका is for singular (his, her), उनका is for plural (their).

[M.Ashley21]

Nice thinking and creativity but thats not how it works.

[U7K7atnO]

I agree that it should but I think duolingo doesn't recognize they/them as a valid singualr pronoun.

[Giselwynn]

"Uski" means feminine, dude.

[M.Ashley21]

Yeah but why does it also accepts masculine

[MARTIN184012]

I write her sister and the answer must be 'other possibility'. It will be better...

[Mitaaksha]

Correct answers - His/Her sister lives in America.
Their sister lives in America translates to - उनकी बहन अमेरिका में रहती है।

[Abdulnasar786]

Why we should not use your instead of his

[da864606]

"Your" would be आपकी / तुम्हारी / तेरी (depending on the level of formality) instead of उसकी.

[zahra117753]

His sister Lives in America

[ph.UIWc2d]

I don't know

[nakshathraDn07]

It is has written uski and that is used for (girls)

[M.Ashley21]

Yes! Uski is also used for girls and uska is is used for boys but why does it shows as uski?

[MohammadIb374783]

His siste lives in america.

[ph.7ZZoBX]

उसकी मतलब लड़की तो यहां her sister होगा

[ph.asmL83]

His sister lives in america

[call_me_poseidon]

I wrote America as USA