Vi är nästan alltid överens om middagen, men ibland börjar barnen bråka om vilken film vi ska se på kvällen.

No. Överens is not a verb; it is an adjective-like word meaning in agreement or agreed.

So vi är överens literally means we are in agreement.

This is a very common Swedish pattern:

• Jag är överens med dig. = I agree with you.
• Vi är överens om saken. = We agree about the matter.

So in your sentence, Vi är nästan alltid överens om middagen means We almost always agree about dinner.

Because both överens and bråka often use om when talking about the thing people agree or argue about.

• vara överens om något = to agree about/on something
• bråka om något = to fight/argue about something

So:

• överens om middagen = in agreement about dinner
• bråka om vilken film... = argue about which film...

Here om does not mean only about in a vague sense; it marks the issue under discussion.

Yes, in modern Swedish middag usually means dinner, not midday.

That often surprises English speakers because the word looks similar to midday. Historically it did relate to the middle of the day, but in modern everyday Swedish:

• frukost = breakfast
• lunch = lunch
• middag = dinner / evening meal

So middagen here means the dinner or more naturally dinner.

Barnen is the definite plural form of barn.

• ett barn = a child
• barn = children / child depending on context
• barnen = the children

Swedish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So barnen means the children.

This is because of the Swedish V2 rule: in a main clause, the finite verb normally comes in the second position.

When the sentence starts with an adverb like ibland = sometimes, the verb must come next:

• Ibland börjar barnen bråka...

Structure:

• first position: ibland
• second position: börjar
• then subject: barnen

This is normal Swedish word order.

Compare:

• Barnen börjar ibland bråka.
• Ibland börjar barnen bråka.

Both are possible, but the word order changes because Swedish keeps the finite verb in second position.

Because börja can be followed by an infinitive either with or without att, and in everyday Swedish it is very common to leave att out.

So both of these can occur:

• börjar bråka
• börjar att bråka

The version without att is very natural and common.

Bråka means quarrel, argue, fight, make a fuss, depending on context.

With children, börjar barnen bråka often suggests something like:

• they start arguing
• they start fighting
• they start bickering
• they make a fuss

It is usually a bit stronger and messier than calm discussion. So this is not a polite debate; it suggests conflict.

Vilken means which, and it is used when choosing between identifiable options.

• vilken film = which film

This fits very well here because the children are arguing over the choice of movie.

You could also hear vad för film, but that usually means something more like what kind of film rather than which specific film.

So:

• vilken film vi ska se = which film we are going to watch
• vad för film vi ska se = what kind of film we are going to watch

In this sentence, vilken is the natural choice.

Because this is an embedded question inside a larger sentence.

Direct question:

• Vilken film ska vi se? = Which film are we going to watch?

Embedded/indirect question:

• ...om vilken film vi ska se...
• ...which film we are going to watch...

In embedded questions, Swedish uses subordinate clause word order, so the subject comes before the finite verb:

• vi ska se not
• ska vi se

That is exactly like English:

• direct: Which film are we going to watch?
• embedded: ...which film we are going to watch

Ska often expresses future, intention, or plan.

So vi ska se here means something like:

• we are going to watch
• we will watch
• we plan to watch

It does not necessarily mean strong obligation here. It is simply the natural way to talk about a planned future action.

So vilken film vi ska se på kvällen means which film we’re going to watch in the evening.

Both se and se på can be used in Swedish, but they are not always used in exactly the same way in every sentence.

Here, se by itself is completely natural:

• se en film = watch a film

You can also hear:

• se på film = watch a film / watch films

In your sentence, på kvällen belongs to the time expression in the evening, not to the verb. So the structure is:

• vilken film vi ska se = which film we are going to watch
• på kvällen = in the evening

So this is see/watch + in the evening, not se på + object.

På kvällen means in the evening.

This is the normal expression for a general evening time frame or the evening in a given context.

• på morgonen = in the morning
• på dagen = during the day
• på kvällen = in the evening
• på natten = at night

Ikväll means tonight, which is more specific.

So:

• vi ska se på kvällen = we are going to watch in the evening
• vi ska se ikväll = we are going to watch tonight

Both could work in other contexts, but på kvällen fits well here.

Swedish often uses the definite form where English might use either the or no article at all.

• middagen = the dinner / dinner
• kvällen = the evening

This can sound very natural in Swedish when the situation is understood from context.

So om middagen does not have to mean one very specific, formally identified dinner; it can simply mean about dinner in the situation being discussed.

Likewise, på kvällen is the standard expression in the evening, even though it literally contains the definite form.

Nästan alltid means almost always, and it is placed after the verb är here:

• Vi är nästan alltid överens...

That placement is very natural in Swedish. The sentence is structured like this:

• Vi = subject
• är = finite verb
• nästan alltid = adverbial
• överens = complement

You could think of it as:

• We are almost always in agreement...

So the Swedish word order matches the logic of the sentence quite closely.

Yes. Men means but, and it links the first clause and the second clause:

• Vi är nästan alltid överens om middagen
• men ibland börjar barnen bråka om vilken film vi ska se på kvällen

So the sentence contrasts two ideas:

• usually there is agreement
• but sometimes the children start arguing

This kind of contrast with men is extremely common in Swedish, just as in English.