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When the pronoun ''het'' is preceded by a preposition, we replace ''het'' by ''er'' (see also  [[Pronouns.Ps09 | het turning into er]]). 

Not only is ''het'' replaced by ''er'', the preposition is also attached to ''er''. Moreover, it does not precede it - as it does with a noun, but it is placed after it. The preposition, thus, turns into a postposition.

We do not say: "Ik hoop '''op het'''", but: "Ik hoop '''erop'''". Following the same rule, ''in het'' becomes ''erin'', ''over het'' becomes ''erover'', et cetera. 

The prepositions ''met'' (with) and ''tot'' (to, until) turn into ''mee'' and ''toe''. For example: ''tot het'' becomes ''ertoe'' en ''met het'' becomes ''ermee''.

Note that this only applies to ''het'' functioning as a pronoun, not to the [[NounsAndArticles.01 | article]] ''het''!









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(:cellnr valign='top' width='50%' class='gray':)Ik heb mijn handen '''met zeep''' gewassen
(:cell valign='top' width='50%' class='i':)I have washed my hands '''with soap'''
(:cellnr valign='top' class='gray':)Ik heb '''er''' mijn handen '''mee''' gewassen
(:cell valign='top' class='i':)I have washed my hands '''with it'''
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(:cellnr valign='top' width='50%' class='gray':)Ik heb '''onder een parpaplu''' gelopen
(:cell valign='top' width='50%' class='i':)I have walked '''under an umbrella'''
(:cellnr valign='top' class='gray':)Ik heb '''eronder''' gelopen
(:cell valign='top' class='i':)I have walked '''under it'''
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(:cellnr valign='top' width='50%' class='gray':)De bal werd '''over''' het hek '''heen'''* gegooid.
(:cell valign='top' width='50%' class='i':)The ball was thrown '''over the fence'''
(:cellnr valign='top' class='gray':)De bal werd '''eroverheen''' gegooid
(:cell valign='top' class='i':)The ball was thrown '''over it'''
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(*) ''Heen'' is a postposition that often occurs with a preposition indicating movement, in this example with ''over''

Note that ''deze/dit'' (this) and ''die/dat'' (that) are replaced by ''hier'' and ''daar'' in the same way (see also [[Pronouns.De04 | dit/dat turning into hier/daar]].


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