"A rat is small."

Translation: चूहा छोटा होता है ।

[kibasha]

Shouldn't it be चूहे छोटे होते हैं to get the general statement that all rats are small?

[Sunny1221]

I did not get why this is correct

[zeebo7]

What are you finding confusing?

[RowanM.1]

Not sure what's confusing him, but what's confusing me is: why is there no "एक"? Is that not needed for general statements or something?

[sajay64]

may be it is implied.

[iUzYfvDw]

What is the difference in meaning between चूहा छोटा होता है and चूहा छोटा है ?

[sajay64]

from another discussion, i understood this one.
चूहा छोटा होता है = 'all rats are small'(general statement)
चूहा छोटा है = 'a rat is small' (more like talking about one in particular. may be like 'The Rat is Small')