Questions & Answers about Du anger inte destinationen, utan var vi är.
Why use var instead of vart here, even though a destination involves direction?
Even though the first half of the sentence mentions a destination, the second half focuses on our current location: vi är (we are). Because this describes a fixed position rather than movement towards a new place, you must use the positional var (where at) instead of the directional vart (where to).
I thought utan meant 'without'. Why is it translated as 'but rather'?
utan does mean 'without' in many contexts. However, when it follows a negative word like inte, it functions as a conjunction meaning 'but' or 'but rather'. It is used specifically to correct a negative statement: not this, utan (but rather) that.
Does anger mean 'entering' like walking into a building?
No, anger (from the verb att ange) means to state, specify, or enter data, such as typing a location into a GPS. If you want to talk about physically walking into a place, you would use a phrase like går in i.
Why is the word order var vi är instead of var är vi?
In this sentence, var vi är is a subordinate clause (a dependent part of the sentence acting as a noun). In Swedish subordinate clauses, the subject (vi) always comes before the verb (är). This matches the English translation 'where we are' rather than the direct question format 'where are we'.