Wij lezen de twintigste pagina.

Both wij and we mean we.

• wij is the stressed/full form
• we is the unstressed/reduced form

So:

• Wij lezen de twintigste pagina.
• We lezen de twintigste pagina.

Both are correct. Wij may sound a bit more emphatic, for example if you want to stress we rather than someone else.

Because the subject is wij (we).

The verb lezen is conjugated like this in the present tense:

• ik lees = I read
• jij/u leest = you read
• hij/zij/het leest = he/she/it reads
• wij lezen = we read
• jullie lezen = you all read
• zij lezen = they read

So with wij, you use lezen.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Dutch often uses the simple present where English might use either:

• we read
• we are reading

So Wij lezen de twintigste pagina could mean either:

• We read the twentieth page
• We are reading the twentieth page

The surrounding context tells you which is meant.

De is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• de pagina = the page

Because pagina is a de-word, you use de, not het.

That gives:

• de twintigste pagina = the twentieth page

In Dutch, nouns take either de or het as their article. This is something learners often have to memorize together with the noun.

• de pagina = the page

So when learning vocabulary, it is best to learn the article too:

• de pagina
• het boek
• de tafel

There is not always a simple rule you can rely on, though many nouns referring to people and many feminine/masculine nouns are de-words.

Twintigste is the ordinal form of twintig.

• twintig = twenty
• twintigste = twentieth

An ordinal number is a number like:

• first
• second
• third
• twentieth

So in Dutch:

• eerste = first
• tweede = second
• derde = third
• twintigste = twentieth

Because it is being used before a noun as an adjective-like word.

In Dutch, ordinal numbers used before nouns usually take -e:

• de eerste dag = the first day
• de tweede keer = the second time
• de twintigste pagina = the twentieth page

So twintigste is the normal form here.

Not exactly in form, though the meaning may overlap in context.

• de twintigste pagina literally means the twentieth page
• pagina twintig means page twenty

Sometimes these refer to the same thing, but not always. For example:

• de twintigste pagina focuses on order: the twentieth page in a sequence
• pagina twintig is the page with number 20

In many practical situations, they point to the same page.

The sentence follows standard Dutch main-clause word order:

• Wij = subject
• lezen = verb
• de twintigste pagina = object

So the structure is:

Subject + Verb + Object

That is very common in simple Dutch main clauses.

Yes, absolutely.

That is probably even more common in everyday speech than Wij lezen de twintigste pagina.

• Wij lezen de twintigste pagina = slightly more emphasis on we
• We lezen de twintigste pagina = very natural everyday form

Wij is pronounced roughly like English why, though not exactly the same in every accent.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• wij ≈ why

So:

• Wij lezen... ≈ Why lay-zuhn...

Lezen is pronounced roughly like LAY-zuhn.

A rough breakdown:

• le- sounds like lay
• -zen sounds like zuhn

So:

• lezen ≈ LAY-zuhn

Also note that Dutch z is voiced, like the z in zoo.

This is a tricky word for many learners.

A rough approximation is:

• twintigste ≈ TVIN-tikh-stuh

A few helpful points:

• tw is pronounced together at the start
• the g in twintig is the Dutch guttural g
• the ending -ste sounds like stuh

You do not need a perfect accent at first; being understandable matters most.

Because pagina is just the singular noun page.

The word that changes to show the order is twintigste (twentieth), not the noun itself.

So:

• pagina = page
• twintigste pagina = twentieth page

If it were plural, you would change the noun:

• pagina = page
• pagina’s = pages

Yes, very naturally.

For example, it could mean:

• a class is reading the twentieth page of a textbook
• a group is reading page twenty in a book
• someone is explaining where the group currently is in the text

So it is a very normal, practical sentence in Dutch.