"Twelve monkeys."

Translation: שניים עשר קופים.

[Caroliinene]

When would it be שתיים עשרה?

[dovbear57]

Good question. Presumably if the monkeys were all female? My question is: would it be acceptable to say "shneym-esreh" rather than shneym-asar? In my mind I sort of think I've heard shneym-esreh, but I may be wrong.

[Monolingual_Jew]

אחלה סרט שבעולם

[k0TN1]

I've translated like there are 12 female monkeys, and they told me that only male monkeys are counted. This is not fair.

[Momo_the_Avenger]

Great movie! :)@

[Sun.of.GOD]

עשר is masculine?

[dovbear57]

Hebrew numbers are deeply, weirdly illogical. For the number ten, עשר ('eser) is feminine and עשרה ('asarah) is masculine. But the "teens" -- the numbers between 10 and 20 -- use 'asar (e.g. אחד עשר akhad asar for 11, or in this case שנים עשר shneym 'asar) in the masculine forms, and 'esreh (אחת עשרה) in the feminine. Don't ask me why. They just do.

[jeftapruim]

Since when are monkeys feminine