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The number 1: "Een" or "Één"?
I've seen it written both ways. Also, It's the only case I've seen graphic accents in Dutch, so I'm a little confused. Are both forms valid? Or which one should I use?
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you should use "een" as an article.
e.g. : een varken, een poes, een hond
you should use "één" as 1, as a number.
e.g. Ik neem één appels en twee peren.
e.g. : een varken, een poes, een hond
you should use "één" as 1, as a number.
e.g. Ik neem één appels en twee peren.
Vitalina is right, also as a little addition: normally they write
"Eén" = 1 or "één", normally they never put an accent sign on a capital character, so "É" is wrong, it should be written: "Eén"
@Vitalina: it is: "Ik neem één appel en twee peren." Since you take only 1 apple it is only 1 "appel", saying "appels" written with an "s" is plural, which means you would have more than 1 apple. So : one apple = "één appel" or two apples = "twee appels" . Best regards.
"Eén" = 1 or "één", normally they never put an accent sign on a capital character, so "É" is wrong, it should be written: "Eén"
@Vitalina: it is: "Ik neem één appel en twee peren." Since you take only 1 apple it is only 1 "appel", saying "appels" written with an "s" is plural, which means you would have more than 1 apple. So : one apple = "één appel" or two apples = "twee appels" . Best regards.
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