Breakdown of Vilken fin lokal! Tänd belysningen så att vi ser bra.
vi
we
fin
nice
bra
good / well
se
to see
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
tända
to light
så att
so that
lokalen
the venue
belysningen
the lighting
Questions & Answers about Vilken fin lokal! Tänd belysningen så att vi ser bra.
The lesson is about så att. Can I just say så instead of så att here?
In everyday spoken Swedish, it is very common to drop the att and just say så vi ser bra. However, så att is the full, standard conjunction for expressing purpose ('so that' or 'in order to'), which is why it is written out here.
How would the word order work if we added inte (not) to the så att clause?
Because så att introduces a subordinate clause, you must put sentence adverbs like inte before the verb. If you wanted to say 'so that we do not see poorly', it would be så att vi inte ser dåligt.
Doesn't vilken usually mean 'which'? Why does it mean 'what a' here?
You are right that vilken means 'which' in questions, but it is also used at the start of exclamations to mean 'what a'! It must agree with the noun, so we use vilken for an en-word like lokal, vilket for ett-words, and vilka for plurals.
Why is the verb Tänd and not Tänder?
Tänd is the imperative form of the verb att tända (to turn on / to light). You use the imperative here because you are giving a direct command or instruction to someone.
The translation says 'see well'. Why does the Swedish use bra instead of an adverb for 'well'?
In modern Swedish, bra works as both the adjective 'good' and the adverb 'well'. While the word väl exists for 'well', it sounds quite formal here, so native speakers almost always use bra with verbs like seeing, hearing, or sleeping.
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