Learn Dutch: We zien zestig dieren. - We see sixty animals.

Just like in English where "six" becomes "sixty", in Dutch the number zes (six) gets the suffix -tig to become zestig (sixty). This -tig ending is used for almost all the "tens" in Dutch.

How do I pronounce the end of zestig?

The -ig at the end of Dutch tens (like zestig, veertig, vijftig) is pronounced as a short "uh" followed by a soft, scraping "ch" (or "g") sound. It sounds a bit like "uch" rather than the English "ig".

Why do we use zien instead of zie?

Because the subject is we (we), which is plural. In Dutch, plural subjects always take the infinitive (the dictionary form) of the verb, which almost always ends in -en.

How does the plural dieren work?

The singular word for animal is dier. Because we are talking about zestig (sixty) of them, we need the plural form. We just add the standard Dutch plural ending -en to get dieren.