Learn Dutch: Ze hebben achtenzestig vragen. - They have sixty-eight questions.

In English, we say the tens first (sixty) then the units (eight). Dutch does the opposite for numbers up to 99: you say the units first, then en (and), then the tens. So 68 is literally "eight-and-sixty".

Are compound numbers like achtenzestig always written as one long word?

Yes! In Dutch, numbers up to 999 are written together as a single word without spaces or hyphens.

How do I know Ze means 'they' here and not 'she'?

Look at the verb! Ze can mean either "she" or "they". Here, the verb hebben (have) is plural, which tells us Ze must mean "they". If it meant "she", the verb would be singular: Ze heeft.

Why does the plural word vragen only have one 'a', when the singular is vraag?

This is a great reminder of Dutch spelling rules. The singular vraag needs a double 'a' to show it is a long vowel sound. But when you add -en to make it plural, the word breaks into syllables as vra-gen. Because the 'a' is now at the open end of a syllable, it sounds long automatically, so the second 'a' is dropped.