Dutch B2-1 - Grammar - ER: Overview of its different functions

This grammar sheet for learners of Dutch explains in English the different usages or functions of the words er / hier / daar with examples for the B2-1 level.

Contents

Function 1.   Er = Dummy Subject.……………………………………….…2

Function 2.   ER/DAAR/HIER replace a Place…………………………….5

Function 3.   ER replaces a quantified indefinite Object…………………6

Function 4.   ER/DAAR/HIER replace the Object of a Preposition……..7

ER used with Separable Verbs with Prepositions………………………10

Separable Verbs……………………………………………………………..11

Function 5.   Er points ahead to a Bijzin (Dependent Clause)....……….12

The forms of left-over prepositions…………………………………………13