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Wij tellen de euro's.

Wij tellen de euro's.
We count the euros.
From Lesson 28:Tens and compound numbers (dertig, veertig...)·Dutch

Breakdown of Wij tellen de euro's.

wij
we
de euro
the euro
tellen
to count

Questions & Answers about Wij tellen de euro's.

Why does euro's have an apostrophe to make it plural? In English, that usually means possession!
In Dutch, an apostrophe plus s is used to make a noun plural if it ends in a single open vowel (like a, i, o, u, or y). If we just wrote euros, Dutch spelling rules would make the o sound short. The apostrophe keeps the o sounding long.
Is tellen (to count) a regular verb?
Yes! The verb stem is tel. Since the subject is wij (we), we use the plural form of the verb. For plural subjects like wij, jullie, and zij, the verb is always the same as the full dictionary form, ending in -en.
Why use wij instead of we here?
Both mean "we", but wij is the stressed form. You use it when you want to emphasize exactly who is doing the action (for example: We are counting the euros, not someone else). If you don't need that extra emphasis, we tellen is perfectly fine.
Is de used here because euro is a "de word"?
While euro does happen to be a de word in its singular form, that's actually not why we use it here! In Dutch, all plural nouns use the article de for "the", regardless of whether they use de or het in the singular.

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