Vi hann med vår anslutning i morse, och hennes månadskort låg redan i jackfickan.

Here hann med means managed to catch / made it to in time.

So Vi hann med vår anslutning means that they did not miss their connection. In travel contexts, a natural English translation is We made our connection.

More generally, hinna med can mean:

• have time for
• manage to do
• fit in

Example:

• Jag hann inte med bussen. = I didn’t catch the bus in time.
• Jag hann med allt. = I had time for everything / I managed everything.

Hann is the past tense of hinna.

The sentence talks about something that happened this morning (i morse), so Swedish uses the past tense:

• hinna = to have time / to manage
• hinner = present
• hann = past
• hunnit = supine, used with har

So:

• Vi hinner med tåget. = We are making/catching the train.
• Vi hann med tåget. = We caught the train.

Because hinna med is a very common verb + particle combination.

There is a useful difference:

• hinna
  • infinitive = have time to do something
    
    • Jag hann äta. = I had time to eat.
• hinna med
  • noun / activity = manage, fit in, catch, get through
    
    • Jag hann med bussen. = I caught the bus.
    • Jag hann med allt arbete. = I got through all the work.

So in this sentence, med is not optional. It helps form the meaning managed to catch / make the connection.

Here anslutning means a connection in travel, such as a connecting bus, train, or flight.

So vår anslutning means our connection.

In other contexts, anslutning can also mean a connection more generally, such as:

• a technical connection
• a link or attachment
• being connected to something

But in this sentence, the travel meaning is the natural one.

Because in Swedish, a possessive like vår or hennes normally replaces the article.

So Swedish says:

• vår anslutning = our connection
• hennes månadskort = her monthly pass

Not:

• den vår anslutning
• hennes månadskortet

A good rule is:

Possessive + noun usually uses the noun in its basic indefinite form.

Compare:

• en anslutning = a connection
• anslutningen = the connection
• vår anslutning = our connection

And:

• ett månadskort = a monthly pass
• månadskortet = the monthly pass
• hennes månadskort = her monthly pass

I morse means this morning, specifically the morning of today or the most recent morning being talked about.

Examples:

• Jag såg honom i morse. = I saw him this morning.
• Vi reste i morse. = We left this morning.

This is different from more general expressions like:

• på morgonen = in the morning
• om morgonen = in the mornings

So i morse is the natural choice when talking about something that happened earlier today.

Because sin/sitt/sina is a reflexive possessive, and it must refer back to the subject of the same clause.

In hennes månadskort låg redan i jackfickan, the subject is månadskort. That means sin cannot refer to her here.

So Swedish uses hennes:

• hennes månadskort = her monthly pass

Compare:

• Hon lade sitt månadskort i jackfickan. = She put her monthly pass in the jacket pocket.
  Here sitt works because it refers back to the subject hon.

But:

• Hennes månadskort låg i jackfickan.
  Here the subject is månadskort, so reflexive sitt is not used.

Månadskort means monthly pass or monthly travel card/ticket.

It is a compound noun:

• månad = month
• kort = card / pass / ticket

Swedish forms compounds very freely, and they are usually written as one word.

Other similar examples:

• busskort = bus pass
• tågstation = train station
• sommarjobb = summer job

So månadskort is completely normal Swedish word formation.

Swedish often uses a position verb where English would simply use to be.

Here låg is the past tense of ligga and is used because the pass was lying / resting in a place.

So:

• månadskortet låg i jackfickan = the pass was lying in the jacket pocket

This is more idiomatic in Swedish than just using vara.

Common position verbs include:

• ligga = lie
• stå = stand
• sitta = sit
• hänga = hang

Examples:

• Nycklarna låg på bordet. = The keys were on the table.
• Flaskan stod på hyllan. = The bottle was on the shelf.
• Tavlan hängde på väggen. = The painting hung on the wall.

So låg sounds natural because it describes how the object was located.

Jackfickan means the jacket pocket.

It is built from:

• jacka = jacket
• ficka = pocket

Together they form the compound jackficka = jacket pocket.

Then the definite ending is added:

• en jackficka = a jacket pocket
• jackfickan = the jacket pocket

Again, Swedish normally writes compounds as one word, so jackficka is standard.

Because the pass is inside the pocket, not on its surface.

So Swedish uses:

• i = in, inside

Examples:

• i väskan = in the bag
• i fickan = in the pocket
• i lådan = in the drawer

På would suggest being on something rather than inside it.

Redan means already.

It suggests that the monthly pass was in the jacket pocket before one might have expected or by that point.

So:

• hennes månadskort låg redan i jackfickan
  = her monthly pass was already in the jacket pocket

Without redan, the sentence would simply state the location. With redan, it adds a sense of:

• earlier than expected
• already taken care of
• already there at that time

Yes. The sentence has two main clauses joined by och:

• Vi hann med vår anslutning i morse
• och hennes månadskort låg redan i jackfickan

In both clauses, the basic main-clause order is:

subject + verb + rest

So:

• Vi = subject
• hann = verb

and:

• hennes månadskort = subject
• låg = verb

This is normal Swedish main-clause word order. Since och is just joining two main clauses, the second clause keeps the same ordinary pattern.

Also notice that time and place expressions often come later:

• i morse = time
• i jackfickan = place

That makes the sentence sound natural and neutral.