"सेब मीठा होता है।"

Translation: An apple is sweet.

[RebeccaHil924573]

"Apples are sweet" seems like a more natural English sentence.

[firenaza]

"the apple is sweet" could be used too

[hsadak]

''The apple is sweet'' is a wrong answer... because the hindi sentence has the word ''hotha''...

[Beth205297]

Ah! Thank you!

[JoaoDSouza]

No. The copula is used in the habitual tense to tell facts. Apples are sweet. The apple is sweet would be, 'सेब मीठा है'

[M_A_Ashraf]

Notice the verb please. It is 'hai', not 'hain'. Therefore I think you cannot make the subject plural.

[CCanton675]

This sentence could mean "An apple is sweet" "Apples are sweet" or "The apple is sweet." "Apple is sweet" is ungrammatical and won't be guessed by a person from outside of the Indian subcontinent.

[GarrettGib2]

Why “होता”? Why not just “सेब मीठा हैं।”?

[Luvjoy_C]

Sorry I don't have a hindi keyboard. "seb meetha hai" would translate as "the apple is sweet", where you are talking about a 'the' particular apple. "Seb meetha hota hai" translates as "Apples are sweet" where you are describing the general taste of Apple fruit.

[hsadak]

"Hotha" describes about the 'habitual' or 'usual' condition... if we say "Seb meeta hotha he" it'd mean that "all apples are (habitually/usually) sweet"...

[mayateacher]

The apple is sweet. It doesn't necessarily mean that we are talking about ALL apples, All the time. It can mean that the apple (you gave me) is sweet. Or, The apple (that I am eating now) is sweet. I don't have to say THIS apple is sweet. I just say, 'The apple is sweet.'

[Shan547279]

Is there a reason why "The apple is sweet" is incorrect?

[Shan547279]

In what way does 'hotaa' relevant to 'An'? Thank you.

[Sam362597]

Hota makes it a general statement - all apples are sweet rather than just this specific apple is sweet.

[Pam867579]

Why not 'the apple is sweet

[AlisaSwarna]

Correct translation would be "Apple tastes sweet"

[Beth205297]

Would this look different in Hindi if you said "THE apple issweet"?

[Sam362597]

Yes - it would be "सेब मीठा है। The use of होता है turns it into a generalisation.

[LinguisticBoi]

I said the apple is sweet and it marked me wrong