"How many cats are there?"
Translation:कितनी बिल्लियाँ हैं?
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Verb endings in present simple only end with ता ते ती. ती is used for all feminine subjects, whether they're singular or plural. This applies to a lot of question words as well, कितनी, कौनसी, किसकी, used for feminine, whether singular or plural. बिल्लियाँ कितनी हैं would be "How many are the cats" instead of "How many cats are there"
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It accepted वहाँ कितनी बिल्लियाँ हैं? for me.
Note that cats a feminine plural, so use the ī ending: कितनी
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There are two ways to interpret "there" here. I just used it as in the given answer. You give another. The meanings are slightly different, but both legit.
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When saying "How many cats are there?", if the stress is on the word "there", then add वहाँ to the translation.
If the stress is on the word "are", leave it out. For the "there" is just filling in the role of a subject for the sentence.
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कितने is used with masculine plural.
कितनी is used with feminine plural.
बिल्लियाँ is feminine plural.