Breakdown of Den där regeln hjälper en.
hjälpa
to help
den där
that (en)
regeln
the rule
en
one, you (object form of man)
Questions & Answers about Den där regeln hjälper en.
Why is the word en used here instead of man?
man is used for the subject (the one doing the action), but here the general "you" or "one" is receiving the help. Just like "I" becomes "me", man becomes en when it is the object of the verb hjälper.
Wait, doesn't en just mean "a" or "one"?
Usually, yes! But en also doubles as the object form of the generic pronoun man. You can tell it is the pronoun here because it sits right after the verb as the receiver of the action, rather than sitting in front of a noun.
Why does regeln have an -n at the end if the sentence already starts with Den där (that)?
In Swedish, demonstrative phrases like den där (that) and den här (this) must be followed by a noun in its definite form (the "the" form). So, the en-word regel must become regeln. The phrase literally translates to "that there the rule".
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