Word
We wonen in het tweede huis.
Meaning
We live in the second house.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about We wonen in het tweede huis.
How do you form an ordinal number like tweede from the normal number twee?
For most numbers from 2 to 19, you simply add -de to the normal number. So twee (two) becomes tweede (second). Exceptions in this group include 1st (eerste) and 8th (achtste).
Does the ending of tweede change if it comes before a de-word instead of a het-word?
No, ordinal numbers do not change based on the noun's gender. It is always tweede, whether you say het tweede huis (the second house) or de tweede auto (the second car).
Why do we use het instead of de in this sentence?
The article belongs to the noun huis (house), which is a neuter word in Dutch. Even though the ordinal number tweede is in the middle, the article must still match the main noun.
Why is the verb wonen and not woon?
Wonen is the plural form of the verb to live. Because our subject is the plural pronoun We (we), we must use the plural verb.