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10<br />

The<br />

adv<strong>er</strong>b<br />

<strong>er</strong><br />

74<br />

Felix: Hé Erik, heb ik jou gist<strong>er</strong>en in Amst<strong>er</strong>dam gezien?<br />

Hey Erik, did I see you in Amst<strong>er</strong>dam yest<strong>er</strong>day?<br />

Erik: Nee, je kan me <strong>er</strong> niet gezien hebben, want ik was in Utrecht.<br />

No, you can’t have seen me th<strong>er</strong>e, because I was in Utrecht.<br />

Felix: O, nou, ik dacht echt dat ik je <strong>er</strong> zag lopen. Je hebt zek<strong>er</strong> een<br />

dubbelgang<strong>er</strong>.<br />

Oh, well, I really thought I saw you walking th<strong>er</strong>e. You must<br />

have a double.<br />

Erik: Ja, zal wel. Zeg, hoeveel kopieën van dit rapport moet Van<br />

Buren hebben?<br />

Yes, whatev<strong>er</strong>. Say, how many copies of this report does Van<br />

Buren need?<br />

Felix: Je moet hem <strong>er</strong> vi<strong>er</strong> geven.<br />

You need to give him four.<br />

Erik: Okee. H<strong>er</strong>inn<strong>er</strong> jij Janine aan die afspraak voor vanmiddag?<br />

Okay. Will you remind Janine of that meeting this aft<strong>er</strong>noon?<br />

Felix: Jo, ik zal haar <strong>er</strong>aan h<strong>er</strong>inn<strong>er</strong>en.<br />

Yep, I will remind h<strong>er</strong>.<br />

Note: Er often introduces a subordinated sentence, especially in combinations<br />

with v<strong>er</strong>bs such as denken aan, rekenen op, dromen van, or in<br />

indirect speech and in passive constructions such as <strong>er</strong> wordt gezegd, <strong>er</strong><br />

staat in de krant, etc. Examples:<br />

Sanne: Denk je <strong>er</strong>aan, dat je morgen naar de tandarts moet?<br />

Are you aware that you have to go to the dentist tomorrow?<br />

Erik: Ja, maar ik reken <strong>er</strong> niet op dat hij moet boren.<br />

Yes, but I don’t reckon he’s going to have to drill.<br />

Erik: Zeg, <strong>er</strong> staat in de krant dat Van d<strong>er</strong> W<strong>er</strong>ff gaat sluiten.<br />

Hey, it says in the pap<strong>er</strong> that Van d<strong>er</strong> W<strong>er</strong>ff is going to close.<br />

Sanne: Ach, onzin. Er w<strong>er</strong>d gist<strong>er</strong>en gezegd dat ze nieuw p<strong>er</strong>soneel<br />

nodig hebben.<br />

Rubbish. Yest<strong>er</strong>day they said they need new staff.<br />

Lastly, while <strong>er</strong> can have many functions in a sentence, it nev<strong>er</strong> shows up<br />

more than twice in one sentence. So to answ<strong>er</strong> the question Hoeveel appels<br />

zitten <strong>er</strong> in de taart?, you say: Er zitten <strong>er</strong> vi<strong>er</strong> in. And that is more than<br />

enough.<br />

Ex<strong>er</strong>cise 10.1<br />

Review ex<strong>er</strong>cise. In the text, det<strong>er</strong>mine which function <strong>er</strong> has, and put eith<strong>er</strong><br />

‘P’ (place) or ‘N’ (numb<strong>er</strong>) between the brackets.

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