Playing hide-and-seek requires the perfect secret place. To add details about a specific physical location—like explaining why a hiding spot is so good—use the phrase þar sem (where).
| where (location) | þar sem |
In Icelandic, þar sem (literally "there as") links a place to the action happening there, just like "where" in English. Place it right after the location you are describing.
| The boy crouches laughing in the attic, where it is darkest. | Strákurinn húkir hlæjandi í risinu, þar sem myrkrið er mest. |
| You must keep quiet in the broom closet, where nobody sees you. | Þú verður að þegja í kústaskápnum, þar sem enginn sér þig. |
Þar sem can directly follow a noun acting as the subject of the sentence, or attach to a location at the end of a prepositional phrase.
| The secret place where she is hiding is very small. | Leynistaðurinn þar sem hún felur sig er mjög lítill. |
| The cat hides behind the window curtain, where the dog is sleeping. | Kötturinn felur sig á bak við gluggatjaldið, þar sem hundurinn sefur. |
| Run into the broom closet, where it is dark! | Hlauptu inn í kústaskápinn, þar sem er dimmt! |
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