"A cat is an animal."

Translation: बिल्ली जानवर होती है ।

[Shaun493403]

Wouldn't be ek billie ek janvar hai

[vinay92]

Though एक acts as the indefinite article comparable to 'a'/'an' in English, Hindi uses it very sparingly. It's often omitted and in many sentences, definiteness is inferred only from context. So, the absence of any article in a Hindi sentence may be translated into English as either 'a'/'an' or 'the'.

However, in this sentence, the presence of होती indicates that we are making a general statement. So, 'a cat' and not 'the cat' is appropriate.

[ArunKarthi940142]

What's the meaning of "Hothi"?

[sravani321062]

I think hothi means 'happen to be'.

[ph.MMSzeE]

Cat

[Sholokov]

"Billi Janwar Hai" is an accepted answer as well.

[Valentina449310]

Yesterday in the same context i didn't use एक and it considered as a mistake