Er is combined with a quantity when the noun that belongs to the quantity is left out. In the table below, you find the nouns in bold. In every second sentence the noun is left out and er appears in front of the quantity.
As shown in the examples, the quantity is not necessarily a number.
Two times er: a sentence can already start with er (er is, er zijn, er liggen…). You still put a second er before the quantity. The first er belongs to er is / er zijn; the second er stands for the noun you left out.
Here you can read more about the third type of ER.
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