204. Twee

two [number]

Examples:
- "Twee maal twee is vier."
("Two times two equals four."

- "Kinderen! Twee aan twee opstellen alsjullieblieft!"
("Children! Please line up in twos / two by two!")

- "De inleiding staat op bladzijde twee."
("The introduction is on page two.")

- "Overmorgen is het twee juni."
("The day after tomorrow will be the second of June.")

- "De twee vrienden gingen op avontuur in de jungle."
("The two friends went on an adventure in the jungle.")

- "Een biertje kost vaak meer dan twee euro…belachelijk!"
("A beer often costs more than two euros…ridiculous!")

- "De moeder brak de reep chocolade in tweeën en gaf de stukken aan haar kinderen."
("The mother broke the chocolate bar in two and gave the pieces to her children.")

- "Ik ga twee keer per week hardlopen."
("I go jogging twice a week.")

- "Het is kwart voor twee."
("It’s a quarter to two.")

- "Gezellig, met z’n tweetjes op de bank!"
("Nice/cosy, (just) the two of us on the couch!")

- "Een tafel voor twee alstublieft."
("A table for two please.")

Expressions:
- "Twee ogen zien meer dan één": four eyes see more than two / two heads are better than one.

- "Als twee honden vechten om een been, loopt de derde ermee heen": two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

- "Een gewaarschuwd man / mens telt voor twee": forewarned, forearmed. Lit.: a warned man/human counts for two.

Related words:
- "Tweede": second.
- "Een": one.
- "Drie": three.
- "Paar": pair.
- "Dubbel": double.

2 thoughts on “204. Twee

  1. Thanks for the positive feedback Antoine. Marc and I are looking into the possibility of adding audio files. Currently we have provided links to on-line text-to-audio converters (under the category ‘Hints on pronunciation’), but we admit that it would be better to have them on the blog itself.
    Sander

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