Eh, in the duolingo course animals is one of the first few courses they teach. I don't know, I guess it's not suuuuper important I know what a turtle is in dutch, but I feel like animals are easy enough :)
Yes, though still a very simple sentence. In many cases you find a lot more prefixes and suffixes to words. It can be a real puzzle to locate the core words. That makes it a nice language to learn.
To say "The dutch farmers are few" is a full statement (independent clause) whereas "Few Dutch farmers" are a group, and that group is the subject of the sentence (though it's an incomplete sentence.) That's english grammar though...
The adj for counting are mostly at the end of the sentence, if you hear someone speaking swahili you can get it.... For example you order some drinks at the restaurant... Maji moja Na cocacola mbili