🇿🇦 Afrikaans from 🇬🇧 English All Words
tien
A1 number Nommers
🇬🇧 English: ten
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🇿🇦 Luister & Herhaal (Afrikaans)

Definisie

🇿🇦 Afrikaans
number

tien

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The number 10. It comes after nine. Ten is the base of our decimal number system.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Ordinal: tenth. Common collocations: ten out of ten (a perfect score), ten-minute break, ten o'clock. The prefix 'deci-' means ten (decimal, decade = ten years, December was originally the tenth month).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

10 Downing Street is the official home and office of the British Prime Minister. 'A perfect ten' means someone or something is absolutely perfect. Counting 'ten to one' is used to build anticipation. The Ten Commandments are central to Christian and Jewish traditions.

Voorbeeldsinne

Daar is tien boeke vir mense om te gebruik.

"Daar is tien boeke vir mense om te gebruik."

🇬🇧 "There are ten books for people to use."

A person has ten fingers.

"A person has ten fingers."

🇬🇧 "A person has ten fingers."

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