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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.