"आपके पिता कैसे हैं?"

Translation: How is your father?

[sweety25523]

Why aapke instead of aapka

[vinay92]

It's the 'respectful plural' form. You treat words relating to people elder than you or worthy of your respect (पिता, दादा, दादी, गुरु etc) as if they are plural. This is not a grammatical requirement but simply a convention.

So आपके is used instead of आपका and हैं instead of है .

[BigAl82]

Does it mean the same in Hindi?

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/how%27s_your_father

[vinay92]

No. This is a straightforward question in Hindi.

[RashmiSomp]

Means how is your father

[ph.UL58jn]

Why it had to be is instead of was

[vinay92]

The हैं tells us that the sentence is in the present tense.

'How was your father?' would be 'आपके पिता कैसे थे?'

[ph.cUVVrx]

तुम्हारे पिता कैसे थे?

[ph.nKoP1Z]

Ok can you take this question again