Breakdown of Eén man heeft hier tien huizen.
de man
the man
hier
here
het huis
the house
hebben
to have
één
one
tien
ten
Questions & Answers about Eén man heeft hier tien huizen.
Why does Eén have accent marks on it?
The accent marks show that it means the number one rather than the word for a or an, which is spelled een without accents. It also tells you to pronounce it with a long ay sound instead of a short uh sound.
Why is the word for houses spelled huizen here?
Because the man has tien (ten) of them, we need the plural form of huis (house). In Dutch, when a word ends in an s, it often changes to a z in the plural form.
Why is hier (here) placed before tien huizen (ten houses)?
In Dutch sentences, words that describe a location, like hier, usually come before the direct object (the thing being owned or acted upon, which is tien huizen in this case).
How do you pronounce the number tien?
The Dutch ie combination sounds like the English ee in seen. So tien is pronounced like the English word teen, not like ten.
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