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15<br />

Er<br />

370<br />

Hij verdenkt er zijn vriend van een overval op een bank te<br />

hebben gepleegd.<br />

He suspects his friend of having robbed a bank.<br />

De administratie heeft erop gestaan dat . . .<br />

The administration insisted that . . .<br />

The same construction also commonly occurs with certain adjectives that<br />

take a prepositional object (see 9.5):<br />

Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat . . . (overtuigd van)<br />

I am convinced that . . . (convinced of)<br />

Ben je er zeker van dat we op de goede weg zitten? (zeker<br />

van)<br />

Are you sure that we are on the right road? (sure/certain of)<br />

Ik was er verbaasd over dat hij voor wiskunde slaagde.<br />

(verbaasd over)<br />

I was surprised that he passed mathematics/<br />

I was surprised at his passing mathematics. (surprised at)<br />

15.4<br />

Locative er<br />

This er replaces daar, meaning ‘there’ in the sense of a place, in unstressed<br />

position:<br />

Ik ben er nooit geweest.<br />

I have never been there.<br />

Compare Daar ben ik nooit geweest which means essentially the same<br />

thing but where there is an emphasis on ‘there’, i.e. ‘I’ve never been there’.<br />

Zij heeft er tien jaar gewoond.<br />

She lived there for ten years.<br />

Je bent nog te jong om er in je eentje naartoe te gaan. (see<br />

ernaartoe, 10.4)<br />

You are still too young to go there on your own.<br />

Locative er is usually used with the verb aankomen ‘to arrive’ when the<br />

place is not otherwise mentioned:<br />

Hoe laat ben je er aangekomen?<br />

What time did you arrive?

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