בדרך למוזיאון אנחנו הולכים על גשר קטן מעל המים.

בדרך literally means on the way or on the road/path.

It is made from:

• ב־ = in / on / at
• דרך = way / road / path

So בדרך למוזיאון means on the way to the museum.

In Hebrew, this is a very common expression. Even though the literal pieces are simple, together they function like a set phrase meaning while going toward somewhere.

Because Hebrew often combines prepositions with the definite article.

• ל־ = to
• ה־ = the

When ל־ comes before a definite noun, it usually merges with ה־:

• ל + המוזיאון → למוזיאון

So למוזיאון means to the museum.

This happens with other prepositions too, for example:

• ב + ה... → ב...
• כ + ה... → כ...

Yes, הולכים already tells you a lot, including number and gender, so Hebrew can often drop the subject pronoun.

But אנחנו is still very natural to include. It can:

• make the sentence clearer
• add emphasis
• sound more natural in context

So both of these are possible:

• אנחנו הולכים על גשר קטן = we are walking on a small bridge
• הולכים על גשר קטן = we are walking on a small bridge (with the subject understood from context)

Including אנחנו is not wrong or unnecessary; it is just more explicit.

הולכים is the present-tense plural masculine form of the verb הלך, to go / walk.

Here are the present-tense forms:

• הולך = masculine singular
• הולכת = feminine singular
• הולכים = masculine plural
• הולכות = feminine plural

Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• walk
• are walking
• sometimes even go / are going

So אנחנו הולכים can mean we walk, we are walking, or we are going, depending on context.

Because אנחנו means we, so the verb must be plural.

Hebrew also makes present-tense verbs agree with gender:

• a mixed group or a group of males usually takes masculine plural → הולכים
• an all-female group takes feminine plural → הולכות

So:

• אנחנו הולכים = we (masculine/mixed) are walking
• אנחנו הולכות = we (all female) are walking

The sentence uses הולכים, so it assumes either a mixed group or a masculine group.

Because על means on / on top of, and that fits the idea of walking on a bridge.

• על גשר = on a bridge
• בגשר would usually mean something like in the bridge, which does not fit normal English or Hebrew usage here

So if you are physically walking across the surface of a bridge, Hebrew uses על.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• גשר קטן = a small bridge
• literally: bridge small

This is normal Hebrew word order.

Also, the adjective must match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

Since גשר is masculine singular and indefinite, the adjective is also masculine singular and indefinite:

• גשר קטן

If it were definite, both words would be definite:

• הגשר הקטן = the small bridge

Because the phrase is indefinite: a small bridge, not the small bridge.

In Hebrew, if a noun is definite, the adjective usually becomes definite too:

• גשר קטן = a small bridge
• הגשר הקטן = the small bridge

So the lack of ה־ tells you this is not a specific bridge already identified as the bridge.

מעל means above / over.

So in this sentence:

• על גשר קטן = on a small bridge
• מעל המים = above the water

These are two different relationships:

1. You are walking on the bridge.
2. The bridge is above the water.

That is why both prepositions appear in the same sentence.

Yes. מים means water, and it looks plural in form, even though in meaning it is usually treated like a mass noun, similar to water in English.

When it is definite, Hebrew adds ה־:

• מים = water
• המים = the water

So מעל המים means above the water.

Learners often notice that מים behaves a bit unusually because it is morphologically plural-looking, but in everyday usage you can simply learn it as the normal word for water.

Yes: the sentence begins with a time/place-setting phrase, which is very common in Hebrew.

The structure is roughly:

• בדרך למוזיאון = setting the scene: on the way to the museum
• אנחנו הולכים = main clause: we are walking
• על גשר קטן = where
• מעל המים = more detail about the bridge’s position

Hebrew often puts this kind of background phrase first, just like English can:

• On the way to the museum, we are walking on a small bridge above the water.

So the word order is very natural.