🇬🇧🇨🇳 seventeen - 十七 : English Lesson

Meaning of "seventeen" ("十七"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Seventeen is the number 17. It is what you get if you have sixteen of something and then you add one more, and it comes right before eighteen.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My alarm went off seventeen times before my blanket finally let me escape.

The teacher said we had seventeen spelling words, but my brain heard, “Time for a nap.”

I tried to do seventeen jumping jacks, but my shoelace quit after number three.

I wrote seventeen superhero names for myself before deciding I still liked my regular name.

We told Dad we needed seventeen more minutes of screen time; he laughed for seventeen seconds straight.

Friends stand by a small cake and count candles. They say, "fifteen, sixteen," then add one candle and say "seventeen." Everyone sings, "seventeen, seventeen, seventeen!" The girl closes her eyes, blows, and the candles go out. Friends clap. Her friend says, "You are seventeen" and they laugh.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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