Numbers

1. ien, twa, trije

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Basic counting. "Ien" (one) is a separate word from the article "in" (a)

   Grammar Note

   The spelling differs from Dutch één/twee/drie. The sequence continues fjouwer, fiif, seis, sân, acht, njoggen, tsien

2. fjouwer, fiif, seis

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   The numbers four to six

   Grammar Note

   "Five" is "fiif" and "six" is "seis", unlike Dutch vijf/zes

3. sân, acht, njoggen, tsien

   Seven, eight, nine, ten

   Usage

   The numbers seven to ten

   Grammar Note

   "Seven" is written "sân" with â. "Njoggen" and "tsien" differ markedly from the Dutch forms

4. tweintich, tritich, fjirtich

   Twenty, thirty, forty

   Usage

   The tens twenty, thirty and forty

   Grammar Note

   The ending is -tich. The beginnings also differ from Dutch twintig/dertig/veertig

5. fyftich, sechstich, santich

   Fifty, sixty, seventy

   Usage

   The tens fifty, sixty and seventy

   Grammar Note

   "Fifty" uses y: "fyftich". "Seventy" is "santich", without the â of "sân"

6. tachtich, njoggentich, hûndert

   Eighty, ninety, one hundred

   Usage

   The numbers eighty, ninety and one hundred

   Grammar Note

   "One hundred" is "hûndert" with û, unlike Dutch "honderd"

7. tûzen, in miljoen

   One thousand, one million

   Usage

   Large numbers, used when talking about amounts

   Grammar Note

   "Thousand" is "tûzen" with û. "One million" is the article "in" plus "miljoen"

8. earste, twadde, tredde

   First, second, third

   Usage

   Ordinal numbers for order

   Grammar Note

   Ordinals end in -de or -e. The fourth is "fjirde" and the last is "lêste"

9. It kostet fiifentweintich euro.

   It costs twenty-five euros

   Usage

   A sentence stating a price. The compound number is written as one word

   Grammar Note

   25 is "five-and-twenty", written as one word fiifentweintich. "Euro" stays unchanged after a number

10. Ik bin trijentritich jier âld.

    I am thirty-three years old

    Usage

    States your age; change the number as needed

    Grammar Note

    33 is "trijentritich" (three-and-thirty). Age is given as "jier âld" (years old). The 1st person verb is "bin"

11. Ik wurd dit jier achtentweintich.

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Says the age you reach this year

    Grammar Note

    "To become" is "wurde", and its 1st person is "wurd". 28 is written as the single word achtentweintich

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