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Er, hier, and daar (EHD)
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Going from left to right, we will begin with er/hier/daar, or using the first letters of these words: EHD.

er, hier, daar

It will not come as a surprise that er, hier and daar are the only three words that we can use for this component. Sitting at the beginning of the middle part, they can be used in different ways:

. location replacing a pronoun
er unstressed here / there replacing het
used in the sense of 'of it' or 'of them'
hier here replacing dit or deze
daar there replacing dat or die

Unlike hier and daar, er does not have an English equivalent. The word er can have a variety of functions. It appears so frequently in the Dutch language, that I dedicated a separate section to it.


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Last updated on May 19, 2007 ::