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Numbers

Western Frisian numbers are relatively easy and straightforward. Here are some sentences with numbers in it so you know how to use them.

Wat   ha  je  oan
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  dy   trije
3
  kranten ?

What do you have with those three newspapers?

Fan   de   achttjin
18
 klups wiene  trije
3
  tsjin   en   fyftjin
15
  foar .

Of the eighteen clubs, three were against and fifteen were in favor.

Wy   wolle  graach  twa
2
 keamers neist inoar.

We would like two rooms next to each other.

Dy  beide  susters  binne heel knap.

Those two sisters are very handsome.

Yn   it
🇮🇹
 nije soarchsintrum  komme   hûndert
100
 folsleine banen beskikber.

One hundred full-time jobs will be available in the new care center.

Allinne   dat  feest  al  koste sa'n oardel miljoen euro.

That party alone cost about one and a half million euros.

De  helptsjinsten wiene  mei   twa
2
 ambulânsen rap teplak.

The emergency services were quickly on the scene with two ambulances.

Hy
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  kaam  nachts  om  healwei twaen thús.

He came home at half past two in the morning.

De  wedstriden  begjinne   moarns   om  healwei njoggenen.

The matches start at half past eight in the morning.

De   bern
🧒
  fan   groep   fiif
5
  krije   ien
1
  oere  muzykles  op
🆙
 woansdeitemoarn.

The children of group five receive one hour of music lessons on Wednesday mornings.

Nei   fjouwer
4
  jier  waard  de   mûne  wer bûten wurking steld.

After four years, the mill was put out of operation again.

Op
🆙
  dit  stuit  wurkje   wy   mei   ús  seizen.

At the moment we are working with the six of us.

It
🇮🇹
  tal
🔢
 banen  dat  ferdwynt komt  dêrmei   op
🆙
 twahûndert.

The number of jobs that will disappear will therefore be two hundred.

Ik  hie  him  blykber wekker makke,  ek   al  wie  it
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  al   nei  alven.

Apparently I had woken him up, even though it was already after eleven.

Oer  oantallen koe  juster   noch   neat  meidield  wurde .

Yesterday nothing could be announced about numbers.

De   twa
2
  manlju   dy't  socht waarden  foar   de  bomoanslach, binne oanholden.

The two men who were wanted for the bomb attack have been arrested.

Dizze   wiken   wurde  sa'n tûzen  beammen  kapt.

About a thousand trees are cut down these weeks.

Hûndertfyftich frijwilligers  soargje   dat  alles  rint   as   it
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  spoar .

One hundred and fifty volunteers ensure that everything runs smoothly.

Foar  elk  gefal  kostet  it
🇮🇹
 ûndersyk likernôch tritichtûzen euro.

For each case, the research costs approximately thirty thousand euros.

De   plysje
👮
 hat woansdeitemoarn  trije
3
 fiskstreupers oanholden.

The police arrested three fish poachers on Wednesday morning.

Ik  wol graach  twa
2
  flessen  skjinmakkersguod  ha .

I would like to have two bottles of cleaning products.

Nei   trije
3
  en   in
🅰️
  heal   jier  bouwurksumheden waard  de  tunnel iepene.

After three and a half years of construction work, the tunnel was opened.

Dy  sinnepanielen leverje  enerzjy   foar  sa'n fiiftûzen húshâldens.

Those solar panels provide energy for about five thousand households.

Har   pake  rûn  nei   de   hûndert
100
  en  lei  op
🆙
  it
🇮🇹
 stjerbêd.

Her grandfather reached the age of one hundred and lay on his deathbed.

Efkes letter  sitte
🪑
  se   mei   har  trijen  om   'e  tafel.

A little later, the three of them are sitting around the table.

Skriuw  de  folgjende  sân
7
 alinea's.

Write the following seven paragraphs.

Foarige  santjin
17
  tekens .

Previous seventeen characters.

It
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 systeem  sil  faaks  fjouwer
4
  dagen  offline  bliuwe oant  woansdeitemoarn.

The system will likely remain offline for four days, until Wednesday morning.

De  frijwilligers stiene alle sneontemoarnen  om  healwei  achten  klear.

The volunteers were ready every Saturday morning at half past eight.

Seleksje achterút útwreidzje  mei   sân
7
 alinea's.

Extend selection backward by seven paragraphs.

De   plysje
👮
 hat  de  ôfrûne  wike   fjirtjin
14
 fuotbalsupporters oanholden  foar  wangedrach.

The police have arrested fourteen football supporters for misconduct in the past week.

Mear   as  fjouwertûzen  ynwenners  sieten  dagen   sûnder  kraanwetter.

More than four thousand residents were without tap water for days.

Fyftjin
15
 streekbussen  ride   mei   in
🅰️
 boekekast  fol   Fryske   boeken   troch   de   provinsje .

Fifteen regional buses drive through the province with a bookcase full of Frisian books.

Sy
👩
  is  feroardiele  ta  twintich  jier  selstraf  yn   in
🅰️
 fergifmoardsaak.

She has been sentenced to twenty years in prison in a poisoning murder case.

De   polysje  hat woansdeitemoarn  trije
3
 fiskstreupers oanholden.

The police arrested three fish poachers on Wednesday morning.

Fiif
5
  skippen  gyngen sawat tagelyk  oer   de  miet.

Five ships passed the mine at about the same time.

Nei   de  earste  trije
3
 kilometer  fan   'e  tiidrit begûn  er  te fersuorjen.

After the first three kilometers of the time trial, he started to get sick.

Hy
👨
 geat  him   trije
3
  jûnen  oanien  fol   mei  rum-kola.

He fills himself with rum and cola for three nights in a row.