Breakdown of Vandaag vinden we er veel oude spullen.
oud
old
veel
much / many / a lot of
vandaag
today
vinden
to find
Questions & Answers about Vandaag vinden we er veel oude spullen.
Why is er placed right after we instead of later in the sentence?
Because er is an unstressed word, it likes to appear early in the sentence (in what is called the 'middle field'). The general rule is that er comes immediately after the conjugated verb (vinden) or, if the subject is flipped to come after the verb like in this sentence, immediately after the subject (we).
What does er mean here? Could I use daar instead?
In this sentence, er is a locative word meaning 'there'. You could use daar instead (Vandaag vinden we daar veel oude spullen), but daar adds strong emphasis, as in 'We find a lot of old stuff right there'. Because the location isn't the main focus of the sentence, the unstressed er sounds much more natural.
Why does the verb vinden come before the subject we?
Why does oud get an -e at the end (oude spullen)?