5 Comments
This sentence is translated to be a general statement: horses are big animals.
I have seen a few comments indicating that होता (hota) is used as a general term, ie. चुहे काले होते हैं - Rats are black.
Why doesn't this sentence translate to "the horses are big animals" since होवे is not included in this sentence?
August 4, 2018
I think चूहे काले हैं । can mean both 'Rats are black' (generic) and 'the rats are black' (specific), although I am not very good at using होता (hota) yet... I queried this answer before, because, like you, I think this translation is inconsistent with the one before.
August 11, 2018
जानवरों is only used in the oblique plural. In the Direct form it is जानवर sing and जानवर plural
July 28, 2018
