Breakdown of Vi promenerade på bron där man kan se hamnen.
vi
we
kunna
to be able to, can
se
to see
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
promenera
to walk
man
one, you (people in general)
där
where (relative)
bron
the bridge
hamnen
the harbor
Questions & Answers about Vi promenerade på bron där man kan se hamnen.
Why do we use där instead of som to connect the two parts of the sentence?
In Swedish, där means "where" and is used to describe a physical place (like bron, the bridge). You use som (which/that) to describe things or people, but där is specifically for locations where an action takes place.
The word for "the bridge" is bron. Why isn't it broen?
The basic noun is en bro (a bridge). Because it already ends in a vowel, you just add an -n to make it definite ("the bridge"), rather than adding the full -en ending.
What exactly does man mean in this sentence?
The word man is an impersonal pronoun. It translates to "one" or the general "you" in English. Here, it means that anyone in general can see the harbor from the bridge.
What is the word order after där?
The word där starts a relative clause, which is a type of subordinate clause. In these clauses, the subject (man) always comes immediately after the connecting word (där), followed by the verb (kan).
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