"कबूतर उड़ता है ।"

Translation: A pigeon flies.

[mathewathomas]

Would not the word एक not have to be used to represent 'a' or 'one' ?

[ArnoNyhm2]

No. In Hindi there are no articles the or a. Therefore you must add one, when you translate to English. Which one you take is given by context. एक is just used when you want to point out, that it is just one or a, but it is not neccesary, if context makes it clear anyway.

[ShashwathS1]

Why not just " Pigeon flies" ?

[ArnoNyhm2]

That is not a sentence, phrase or expression, that is why.

[ScottTurne3]

I thought that "The pigeon flies" was also acceptable. There is no "the" in Hindi, that I know of, so how are we to distinguish between "the" pigeon and "a" pigeon?

[mmarnee]

Is “a piegoen flies” and “a pigeon is flying” worded differently in Hindi? Is there a distinction in Hindi between these two tenses?

[Zesul]

Yes, the two are worded differently.

A pigeon flies. - कबूतर उड़ता है।
A pigeon is flying. - कबूतर उड़ रहा है।

[Ulliramana]

Why not just pigeons flies

[KyleDelane6]

Because thats incorrect English

[RhymeColda]

I clicked all three but the third one didn't apear

[taslimkhan49962]

flies and fly what's reference

[KyleDelane6]

"flies" is for singular third-person subjects and "fly" is for plural subjects or first/second-person subjects