Læreren forklarer bare det som er relevant for eksamen.

to be

Breakdown of Læreren forklarer bare det som er relevant for eksamen.

• for: for
• forklare: to explain
• læreren: the teacher

Questions & Answers about Læreren forklarer bare det som er relevant for eksamen.

Why is it Læreren and not just lærer or en lærer?

Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word like English the.

• lærer = teacher (indefinite, general)
• en lærer = a teacher
• læreren = the teacher

So Læreren forklarer … literally is The-teacher explains …, which in natural English is The teacher explains ….

You use læreren when both speaker and listener know which specific teacher you mean.

What does bare mean here, and why is it in that position?

In this sentence, bare means only, not just in the sense of “recently”.

• Læreren forklarer bare det som er relevant …
  = The teacher *only explains what is relevant …*

Position:
In main clauses, adverbs like bare typically go right after the verb (or after the subject if the verb is in 2nd position):

• Læreren forklarer bare det … = correct, natural word order
• Læreren bare forklarer det … = possible, but usually a different emphasis (more like “The teacher just explains it, (and doesn’t do more)”)

So the normal place for bare with this meaning is after the conjugated verb forklarer.