"गिलास बोतल से छोटा है।"

Translation: The glass is smaller than the bottle.

[vg]

Why is "The" needed here?

[zeebo7]

Hindi doesn't have a word for 'the'. So in a sentence where there is no article (एक, यह, वह, हमारा, उसका, etc.) then it is assumed that we are talking about 'the glass'.

[Ccf-Uk]

Also “Glass is smaller than bottle/the bottle” doesn’t sound right.

[Umarshariff]

That's the point

[SujaJohn]

I answered "Glass is smaller than the bottle" and it said i am wrong ... I am a native speaker of Hindi and can confidently say that Duolingo is wrong .

[DennisLDuolingo]

It is not correct English, you need to say: "The glass .."

[raypab]

article of English are not translated in Hindi 100% accurately... use your discretion

[neha210500]

My answer is right but duolingo said this answer is wrong why

[Adivya]

My answer should be accepted

[VipulJAIN19]

We can also say "The glass is smaller than bottle" no problem.

[DennisLDuolingo]

No, that is not correct English. Bottle needs the article "the".

[AbhishekSa338312]

Why is 'the' needend here?????

[harishkuma568702]

Give me explain

[GauriWagle1]

What is correct the glass is smaller than the bottle or something else