"उसकी माँ की तीन बेटियाँ हैं।"

Translation: His mother has three daughters.

[Negar.M1]

OMG!I'm getting crazy!how can I understand that "uski ma" is specificly referred to "his mother" not "her mother"?

[AAA786786AAA]

It isn't. It can be either.

[Shan547279]

Doesn't 'uskee' represents both his and her?

[kirangarewal]

Yes it does

[Uma388438]

Uskee here refers to the ling of maa, not the person.

[AnthonyJRobinson]

This sentence to me translates more naturally as "His mother's three sons there are"

I know this must be incorrect though. Does anyone have insight into where 'has' comes from.

Im guessing it must be from the हैं but its not making very much sense to me.

[OJFord]

Hindi doesn't have an equivalent verb, so it's constructed as 'ki/ka ___ hai', e.g. 'your brother is (read: exists)' instead of 'you have a brother'.

[RameshNate]

की means 's right? for example Raj's son is Raj की but here it sounds like mother's.

[Emilio298517]

With the postposition की we use the oblique form, don't we?
Shouldn't it be उसके माँ ?

[Azeezah.]

I think the oblique form of a feminine word stays the same.

[Uma388438]

Uski refers to the ling of the mother, not the children.

[ritahira2]

I thought the gendered oblique form was uskee for a girl as used, not uske.

[Pramod454198]

This means that he/she has 3 sisters!

[Kowaz]

Only 2 sisters if she is a girl.