Questions & Answers about Wir haben sechzig Fragen.
Wait, the word for six is sechs. Why is sixty sechzig without the "s"?
You have a good eye! Just like in English where 'five' becomes 'fifty' instead of 'fivety', German has a few minor spelling changes when counting by tens. For sechzig (sixty), the s from sechs is dropped. The exact same thing happens with siebzig (seventy), which drops the -en from sieben.
How do you pronounce the -ig at the end of sechzig?
In standard High German, the -ig ending is pronounced like a soft 'ich' sound (made by pushing air through the middle of your tongue and the roof of your mouth). However, in southern Germany and Austria, you will often hear it pronounced as a hard 'ik' sound. Both are perfectly correct and widely understood!
How is the plural word Fragen formed from the singular?
The singular word for 'question' is die Frage. To make it plural, you simply add an -n to the end to get Fragen. This is a very helpful pattern to remember: most German nouns that end in a single -e form their plural just by adding -n.
Why does haben look exactly like the dictionary form of the verb?
In German, the verb conjugation for wir (we) almost always matches the infinitive, which is the basic dictionary form of the verb. So, since 'to have' is haben, 'we have' is simply wir haben.
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