Questions & Answers about मेरी बहन के बाल लंबे हैं।
Why is it मेरी and not मेरा?
Because मेरी agrees with बहन, and बहन is feminine singular.
In Hindi, possessive words like मेरा / मेरी / मेरे change to match the noun that comes after them:
- मेरा भाई = my brother
- मेरी बहन = my sister
- मेरे दोस्त = my friends
So in मेरी बहन, the word मेरी matches बहन.
Why is there के after बहन?
The phrase बहन के बाल means the sister’s hair.
Hindi often shows possession with का / के / की. These words do not agree with the owner; they agree with the thing being possessed.
Here, the possessed thing is बाल (hair / hairs), which is masculine plural, so Hindi uses के:
- बहन का कमरा = sister’s room
- बहन की किताब = sister’s book
- बहन के बाल = sister’s hair
So के is used because बाल is masculine plural.
Why is बाल plural here? In English, hair is often singular.
In Hindi, when talking about someone’s hair in general, बाल is very commonly treated as a , literally .