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Tengo once manzanas y tú tienes doce.

Tengo once manzanas y tú tienes doce.
I have eleven apples and you have twelve.
From Lesson 39:Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Tengo once manzanas y tú tienes doce.

tú
you
y
and
la manzana
the apple
tener
to have
once
eleven
doce
twelve

Questions & Answers about Tengo once manzanas y tú tienes doce.

Do numbers like once and doce change their ending because manzanas is feminine?
No, they don't. While the number one changes based on gender (un for masculine, una for feminine), the numbers 11 through 20 stay exactly the same whether you are counting masculine or feminine things. You will always use once and doce.
Is there a trick to remembering the words for 11 and 12, like once and doce?
Yes! In Spanish, the numbers 11 through 15 all end in -ce. If you know uno (1) and dos (2), you can see how they match up with once (11) and doce (12). The rest of this group are trece (13), catorce (14), and quince (15).
Why does the sentence skip the word for "I" before tengo, but keeps the word for "you" (tú) before tienes?
In Spanish, you usually drop subject words like "I" (yo) because the verb ending (tengo) already tells us who is acting. However, speakers often leave them in to show a strong contrast. Here, adding tú before tienes highlights the comparison between what you have and what I have.
Why is there an accent mark on the word tú?
The written accent mark tells you this is the subject word meaning "you". Without the accent mark, tu means "your" (as in tu manzana). It is a spelling rule used to tell two identical-sounding words apart.

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