Learn Dutch: Twaalf kamers zijn groot en twintig kamers zijn klein. - Twelve rooms are big and twenty rooms are small.

Yes! Dutch and English belong to the same language family, so many of their numbers look and sound similar. The aa in twaalf gives it a long "ah" sound, and the English "v" appears as an f in Dutch.

How do you pronounce the -ig at the end of twintig?

The -ig ending in Dutch numbers like twintig (twenty) is pronounced more like "uhkh". It sounds like the short "i" in "sit" followed by a soft, breathy "ch" sound (like in the Scottish word "loch"). It is never pronounced with a hard "g" like in the English word "pig".

Why does the plural of kamer end in -s (kamers) instead of -en?

While most Dutch nouns take an -en ending to become plural, words that end in an unstressed syllable like -er, -el, -em, or -en usually just take an -s. Since kamer ends in -er, its plural is kamers.

Since kamers is plural, why aren't the adjectives written as grote and kleine?