"Cats drink milk."

Translation: बिल्लियाँ दूध पीती हैं।

[aswiniravi1]

Why पीती and not पीते हैं?

[Aakhil6]

पीती is used for either feminine plural or singular nouns in the present tense only. पीते is used for masculine plural nouns only in the present tense.

[kumari17928]

Why not pithen...instead of pithi

[VishakhaS]

The अनुस्वार or the nasal sound (ं) is put on the last word, which in this case is hain.

Case in point:

बिल्लियाँ दूध नहीं पीतीं।
बिल्लियाँ दूध नहीं पीती हैं।

I hope things are clearer now.
PS: Hindi native speaker here.

[AndrNordin1]

Should this not be "The cats drink milk"?

[zeebo7]

Both are acceptable translations.

[AndrNordin1]

Thank you! One other thing, shouldn't पीती be nasalized as well: पीतीं?

[VishakhaS]

The अनुस्वार or the nasal sound (ं) is put on the last word, which in this case is hain.

Case in point:

बिल्लियाँ दूध नहीं पीतीं।
बिल्लियाँ दूध नहीं पीती हैं।

I hope things are clearer now.
PS: Hindi native speaker here.

[Surya-Rose]

shouldn't it be "बिल्लियाँ दूध पीती होती हैं।"?