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* ''id'', which mainly corresponds to English "that", is used also to translate "it" when we talk about verbs that haven't got a subject, as in the example ''id pluft'', "it rains"; | * ''id'', which mainly corresponds to English "that", is used also to translate "it" when we talk about verbs that haven't got a subject, as in the example ''id pluft'', "it rains"; | ||
* ''' | * '''um''', which is used in the impersonal form and substitutes a subject that we don't know or that we don't want to express; it mainly corresponds to English "they" or to passive construction. | ||
The biggest difference between ''id'' and '' | The biggest difference between ''id'' and ''um'' is that '''id can never substitute a subject that actually exists and can never substitute the passive form''', whereas ''um'' can, ex.: | ||
* ''Hod id nift'' - Today it snows; | * ''Hod id nift'' - Today it snows; | ||
* '' | * ''Um dijkt ke Hies Aarlaans zunt vrijcht'' - They say that the Aarlaans are cold. | ||
With '' | With ''um'' it is used the 3rd person singular verb form. | ||
===Simple past=== | ===Simple past=== | ||