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  2. /The unstressed pronoun of place (er)
  3. /graven

graven

graven
to dig
From Lesson 133:The unstressed pronoun of place (er)·Dutch

Usages of graven

We zoeken de grot en we graven in het zand.
We look for the cave and we dig in the sand.
Voordat ik in het zand graaf, kijk ik er goed rond.
Before I dig in the sand, I take a good look around there.
Zullen we in de grot graven? Misschien ligt de doos er!
Shall we dig in the cave? Maybe the box is there!
De archeoloog was in de bodem aan het graven.
The archaeologist was digging in the ground.
Waar de metaaldetector ook piept, de onvermoeibare man begint te graven.
Wherever the metal detector beeps, the tireless man begins to dig.
Waar men op het veld of de akker ook graaft, men vindt altijd iets.
Wherever one digs on the field or the farmland, one always finds something.

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