Breakdown of We betalen zesennegentig euro.
zes
six
betalen
to pay
de euro
the euro
negentig
ninety
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
Questions & Answers about We betalen zesennegentig euro.
Why is "ninety-six" written as zesennegentig? It looks backwards!
In Dutch, numbers from 21 to 99 are built by saying the single digit first, then en (and), then the tens. So zesennegentig is literally "six-and-ninety".
Are compound numbers always written as one giant word?
Yes! In Dutch, numbers up to a hundred are always glued together into a single word without spaces or hyphens.
Why does the sentence use euro instead of a plural form like "euros"?
When talking about a specific amount of money, currency words stay in their singular form in Dutch. So you say zesennegentig euro, not "euro's", even though the amount is more than one.
Why do we use the full verb betalen here?
Because the subject is we. In Dutch, plural subjects like we (we), jullie (you all), and ze (they) always use the infinitive (the full dictionary form) of the verb.
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