"How many cats are there?"

Translation: कितनी बिल्लियाँ हैं?

[Aakhil6]

Why not बिल्लियाँ कितनी हैं?
or what about this बिल्लियाँ कितनीं हैं?

[Zerenei]

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"

[Aakhil6]

And btw if that's case then what's the difference between yeh kitna hai and kitna yeh hai ?

[Aakhil6]

Thanks for the clarification, zerenei

[lovey777]

I think it should be वहाँ कितने बिल्लियाँ है।

[Elliott728894]

should there be वहाँ to translate "there"?

[FaizaMazhar]

It will sound more appropriate..but a native speaker can infer the meaning in its absence as well..

[Ashmath.]

कितनी (never कितने?)

[Zerenei]

Nope, because बिल्लियाँ is feminine. कितने is indeed a word, if that's what you meant, but it's used for either masculine/mixed plural

[Atefa173107]

Why kitne is false and kitni is right
because Its plural, we should use kitne