Hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere, får hun punkteringen repareret på værkstedet.

Because Hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere is a subordinate clause introduced by hvis.

In Danish, sentence adverbs like ikke usually come before the finite verb in subordinate clauses:

• Hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere = If the tube can no longer be used

But in a main clause, the usual order would be:

• Slangen kan ikke bruges mere = The tube can no longer be used

So this is a very common word-order pattern:

• main clause: subject + finite verb + ikke
• subordinate clause: subject + ikke
  • finite verb

Bruges is the passive infinitive/passive form of bruge.

• bruge = to use
• bruges = be used

So:

• kan bruge = can use
• kan bruges = can be used

In this sentence, the meaning is not that someone cannot use the tube, but that the tube itself is no longer usable. That is why Danish uses the passive:

• slangen ikke kan bruges mere = the tube can’t be used anymore

Here mere means any longer / anymore.

So:

• ikke ... mere = no longer / not anymore

Examples:

• Jeg bor ikke der mere = I don’t live there anymore
• Den kan ikke bruges mere = It can’t be used anymore

This is a very common Danish way to express that something was possible before, but is not possible now.

This is a very important Danish pattern:

• få + object + past participle

It means to get something done or have something done.

So:

• hun får punkteringen repareret = she gets the puncture repaired / she has the puncture repaired

She is not necessarily doing the repair herself. Instead, she arranges for it to be done.

Similar examples:

• Jeg får bilen vasket = I get the car washed
• Han fik håret klippet = He got his hair cut

So this construction is often called a causative or “get/have something done” structure.

Because after få + object, Danish normally uses the past participle.

• reparere = to repair
• repareret = repaired

So:

• få punkteringen repareret = get the puncture repaired

This is different from English, where we also use a past participle:

• get the puncture repaired
• have the puncture repaired

So the Danish structure is actually quite similar here.

Because the whole Hvis-clause comes first, and Danish main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb must come in the second position.

Structure here:

1. Hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere = first element
2. får = finite verb in second position
3. hun = subject

So:

• Hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere, får hun ...

If you started with the subject instead, it would be:

• Hun får punkteringen repareret på værkstedet, hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere.

Both are possible, but when the if-clause comes first, inversion happens in the main clause.

They are in the definite form, which usually corresponds to the in English:

• slangen = the tube / the hose
• punkteringen = the puncture / the flat
• værkstedet = the workshop / the repair shop / the garage

Danish often uses the definite form when the thing is already known from the situation or context.

In this sentence, it sounds like:

• a specific tube is being discussed
• a specific puncture is meant
• a specific workshop or the relevant repair shop is understood

So the definite forms are natural here.

Yes, slange can mean both snake and hose/tube.

You know which meaning is intended from the context.

Here the surrounding words make it clear:

• kan bruges mere = can no longer be used
• punkteringen = the puncture
• repareret på værkstedet = repaired at the workshop

That context strongly suggests something like a bicycle tube / inner tube / hose, not an animal.

So this is a good example of how Danish, like English, sometimes relies on context to choose between meanings.

With places like værksted, Danish often uses på when talking about where a service is done or where someone goes for that purpose.

So:

• på værkstedet = at the workshop / at the garage

Using i værkstedet would focus more on being physically inside the workshop building. That is possible in some contexts, but here the point is the repair service, so på værkstedet sounds more natural.

This is similar to other Danish place expressions where English and Danish prepositions do not match exactly.

Punktering means puncture or flat tire depending on context.

Literally, it is the puncture itself, but in everyday use it can refer to the flat-tyre problem more generally.

So:

• få punkteringen repareret = get the puncture repaired
• in natural English, you might also say get the flat fixed

Danish often talks about repairing the puncture, whereas English may prefer fix the tire or fix the flat.

Danish often uses the present tense for conditions and future-related meaning, especially after hvis.

So:

• Hvis slangen ikke kan bruges mere, får hun ...

can mean:

• If the tube can’t be used anymore, she gets...
• or more naturally in English: If the tube can’t be used anymore, she’ll get...

This is normal. Danish does not always need a special future form where English might use will.

So the present tense here expresses a likely future consequence or a general rule.