Word
Det er indholdet af konvolutten som manden får at se.
Meaning
It is the content of the envelope that the man gets to see.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Det er indholdet af konvolutten som manden får at se.
være
to be
manden
the man
det
it (neuter)
se
to see / to look at
Questions & Answers about Det er indholdet af konvolutten som manden får at se.
What exactly does får at se mean in this context?
This is the receptive perception frame you are currently learning. When får is followed by at and a sensory verb like se (to see), it acts as an auxiliary verb meaning gets to see or is allowed to see. It indicates that the man receives the visual information, implying an opportunity or a reveal rather than an active, initiated action.
Why must we use som here instead of der?
In Danish, der can only be used when the relative pronoun acts as the subject of the relative clause. In this sentence, manden is the subject of the relative clause (manden får at se), and the envelope's contents are the object. Because it is the object, you must use som.
Why does the sentence use af in indholdet af konvolutten? Wouldn't i make more sense since the contents are inside?
You could grammatically use i here, but af is extremely common and sounds perfectly natural. While i emphasizes the physical location (inside), af acts like the English word of, expressing an associative or possessive relationship: the contents belonging to the envelope.
Why is the sentence structured with Det er... som... instead of just saying Manden får at se indholdet...?