Breakdown of Der kommer flere og flere turister til byen.
der
there
byen
the city
komme
to come
til
to (preposition) / for (purpose) / at (an event or occasion) / at (good at something)
Questions & Answers about Der kommer flere og flere turister til byen.
Why does the sentence start with Der when the English translation starts with "More and more tourists"?
In Danish, when a sentence introduces a new, indefinite subject (like "more and more tourists") using verbs of motion or existence, it typically uses the dummy subject der. It literally means "There come more and more tourists." Starting the sentence directly with Flere og flere turister kommer... is grammatically possible but sounds much less natural to a Danish ear.
Why is the phrase flere og flere used instead of mere og mere?
English uses "more" for everything, but Danish makes a strict difference between countable and uncountable nouns. Because you can count tourists, you must use flere (the comparative form of mange, meaning "many"). You would only use mere for things you cannot count, like water, money, or time.
Why isn't there a separate word for "are" in kommer to mean "are coming"?
Danish does not have a continuous tense like the English "-ing" form. Whether tourists generally "come" or "are coming" right now, Danish simply uses the standard present tense verb kommer.
Why is the destination til byen instead of i byen?
Because the tourists are moving towards a destination, you must use a preposition of motion. Til byen means "to the town". If you used i byen, it would mean the tourists are already located "in the town" and are moving around inside it.