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%center% PICS:{$LANG}/wordorderex/EHD_1.PNG"er, hier, daar"

We also use ''er, hier'', and ''daar'' to replace the pronouns ''het, dit, deze, die'', and ''dat.'' We do this when these pronouns precede a preposition.

For example: ''in het'' (in it) becomes ''erin'', ''over dit'' (about this) becomes ''hierover'', and ''voor dat'' (before that) becomes ''daarvoor''. These are just a few examples. There are many more possible combinations.

You can read more about this phenomenon on the page about the [[Pronouns.Ad02 | Dutch pronominal adverbs]].

When we use ''er'', ''hier'' or ''daar'' this way, the main clause always contains a [[29 | 'postposition']] at the beginning of the right side. The postposition is the preposition that would have preceded ''het, dit'' or ''dat'' (had it been allowed to).

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(:cellnr width='33%' class='top' align='left':)Left
(:cell width='34%' colspan='2' class='top' align='center':)Middle
(:cell width='33%' class='top' align='right':)Right
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(:table class='wo' border='0' align='center' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='5' width='99%':)
(:cellnr class='yellow':)[[04 | FF]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[09 | EHD]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[16 | DIROB]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[29 | MISC]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[24 | OV]]
(:cellnr class='yellow':)Ik kan
(:cell class='orangebold':)er
(:cell class='orange':)geen touw
(:cell class='bluebold':)aan
(:cell class='blue':)vastknopen
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(:table class='wo' border='1' align='center' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5' width='99%':)
(:cellnr class="translation":)It does not make any sense to me. 
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The literal translation of this expression is: "I cannot tie a rope to it".
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(:table border='0' align='center' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5' width='99%':)
(:cellnr width='33%' class='top' align='left':)Left
(:cell width='34%' colspan='2' class='top' align='center':)Middle
(:cell width='33%' class='top' align='right':)Right
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(:table class='wo' border='0' align='center' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='5' width='99%':)
(:cellnr class='yellow':)[[WordOrder.04 | FF]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[WordOrder.09 | EHD]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[WordOrder.16 | DIROB]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[WordOrder.28 | MISC]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[WordOrder.24 | OV]]
(:cellnr class='yellow':)Zij hebben
(:cell class='orangebold':)er
(:cell class='orange':)hun voordeel
(:cell class='bluebold':)mee
(:cell class='blue':)gedaan
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(:cellnr class="translation":)They have benefited from it. 
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The literal translation of this expression is "They have done their benefit with it". 
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(:cellnr width='33%' class='top' align='left':)Left
(:cell width='34%' colspan='2' class='top' align='center':)Middle
(:cell width='33%' class='top' align='right':)Right
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(:table class='wo' border='0' align='center' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='5' width='99%':)
(:cellnr class='yellow':)[[04 | FF]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[09 | EHD]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[13 | MANNER]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[29 | MISC]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[24 | OV]]
(:cellnr class='yellow':)Je past
(:cell class='orangebold':)er
(:cell class='orange':)nog makkelijk
(:cell class='bluebold':)in
(:cell class='blue':)---
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(:cellnr class="translation":)You still easily fit in it. 
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