Breakdown of Loppisen som vi besökte igår var bra.
vara
to be
vi
we
bra
good / well
igår
yesterday
besöka
to visit
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
loppisen
the flea market
Questions & Answers about Loppisen som vi besökte igår var bra.
How does som work in this sentence?
The word som means that or which. It introduces the relative clause describing Loppisen. In this specific clause, som acts as the object of the verb besökte because it represents the flea market being visited.
How would I say the flea market that we did NOT visit yesterday?
You would say Loppisen som vi inte besökte igår. Because the som phrase is a subordinate clause, sentence adverbs like inte must be placed before the verb besökte.
What is the base form of Loppisen?
It is the definite form of en loppis, meaning the flea market. Loppis is a very common, everyday shortened version of the full word en loppmarknad.
Why does the verb var come right after igår?
The core main sentence is simply Loppisen var bra. The entire phrase som vi besökte igår is just extra information inserted to describe the subject. Once that description is over, the main sentence resumes with its verb var.
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