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De eerste keer
"De eerste keer" (The first time) was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Dutch by Maxine & Franklin Brown.
The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with the duo singing about getting back in touch with one another years after the end of their relationship. They describe their feelings during that relationship, and conclude that they should see each other again, aiming to "pick it up just like the first time".
The song was
a sequence of repetitions. They are formed with an ordinal instead of a cardinal, and act as masculine nouns.
- "de eerste keer/maal" ("the first time")
- "de dertigste keer/maal" ("the thirtieth time")
Numerals Multiplicative numbers.
These express a multiple of something. They are formed with the suffix "-voud" ("-fold"), and are neuter nouns.
- "tweevoud" ("a twofold, multiple of two"