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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";
* '''em''', 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.
* '''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 ''em'' is that '''id can never substitute a subject that actually exists and can never substitute the passive form''', whereas ''em'' can, ex.:
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;
* ''Em dijkt ke Hies Aarlaans zunt vrijcht'' - They say that the Aarlaans are cold.
* ''Um dijkt ke Hies Aarlaans zunt vrijcht'' - They say that the Aarlaans are cold.


With ''em'' it is used the 3rd person singular verb form.
With ''um'' it is used the 3rd person singular verb form.


===Simple past===
===Simple past===
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