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Hallo almal! Ek is Annemarie. Hi everybody! I’m Annemarie. Welcome to AfrikaansPod101.com’s Afrikaans in 3 minuten. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Afrikaans.
In the last lesson, you learned the numbers from one to ten. Have you forgotten? Here, I'll tell you again-
een, twee, drie, vier, vyf, ses, sewe, agt, nege, tien!
And now let’s continue from eleven.
Elf.
[slowly] elf.
Twaalf.
[slowly] twaalf.
Dertien.
[slowly] dertien.
Veertien.
[slowly] veertien.
Vyftien.
[slowly] vyftien.
Sestien.
[slowly] sestien.
Sewentien.
[slowly] sewentien.
Agttien.
[slowly] agttien.
Negentien.
[slowly] negentien.
These numbers may seem harder to remember, but a lot of them are just the numbers 1-9 you learned from the last lesson, with tien added to the end. The rest you will have to memorize.
Let’s not stop at here! Counting from twenty to one hundred is super easy! First, I'll give you the tens-
twintig
[slowly] twintig
dertig
[slowly] dertig
veertig
[slowly] veertig
vyftig
[slowly] vyftig
sestig
[slowly] sestig
sewentig
[slowly] sewentig
tagtig
[slowly] tagtig
negentig
[slowly] negentig
Again, notice that all the numbers start with a number that we’ve learned from the last lesson, or a variation of it. This time, it is followed by -tig.
For example vyftig, which means “fifty”.
It is composed of vyf, which means “five” and -tig.
vyftig
Here’s another example.
veertig, which means “forty”.
It is composed of veer which is a variation of vier, the word for “four”, and -tig
veertig.
The last thing to learn in this lesson is how to form compound numbers above twenty. For example, how would you form a number like 56, which is a combination of two numbers we've already learned? This is actually quite easy to do!
All you need is the numbers you want to add, and the Afrikaans word for “and”, en.
Let’s try it out.
Let’s say the word for “fifty-six” step-by-step. "Fifty" is vyftig, “six” is ses, and finally you just need en meaning “and”, to combine them - Ses-en-vyftig.
[slowly] ses-en-vyftig.
But be careful! As you can see, instead of placing the single digit after the tens like in English, you place the number in front of the ten. So ses-en-vyftig can be literally translated as “six and fifty”.
Now it’s time for Annemarie’s Tips.
Did you make it until number 99? Here is another number you might want to know: honderd
[slowly] honderd
That’s “one hundred” in Afrikaans. It sounds a lot like the English “hundred” so it shouldn’t be too hard to remember.
Congratulations! Now, you’re able to count to a hundred in Afrikaans!
In the next lesson we’re going to put your number knowledge to use! Do you have all the skills you need to go shopping in South Africa and only speak in Afrikaans? If not, I'll see you in our next “Afrikaans in 3 minuten” lesson. Lekker dag!

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