Dutch B1-2 - Grammar - ER: Overview of different functions

This grammar sheet for Dutch learners at the B1-2 level explains in English the different functions of the word er with examples.

Contents

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

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

Function 3. ER/DAAR/HIER replace the Object of a Preposition ............... 6

Function 4. ER replaces a quantified indefinite Object ............................. 9

The forms of left-over prepositions .......................................................... 10