"Was ist mit der Mutter?"

Translation: What is with the mother?

[fractalenergy]

Is this the equivalent of the English colloquial phrase, "What's with the mother?" (as in, "what's up with her?")

[fractalenergy]

I guess also it could be physically, what is with her?

[agambrahma]

Thanks, that makes some sense! This seemed pretty weird otherwise ....

[Musetta]

"Was ist mit....?" is a phrase :
http://www.dict.cc/?s=Was+ist+mit+