Where, Were, or We’re?

Where

Where refers to a place, location, or situation. It can serve as an adverb, conjunction, and a pronoun.

Examples
Where is the supermarket? (adverb)
He lives where the sun never shines. (conjunction)
Robert moved to a city where opportunity was more available. (pronoun)

Swedish
var, vart, där, dit, på vilket sätt?

Were

Were is the past tense form of are.

Pronoun

Present tense

Past tense

I

am

was

You

are

were

He / She / It

is

was

We

are

were

You

are

were

They

are

were

Examples of were
You were always so nice to me.
We were so much younger back then.
They were happy, but now they are miserable.
There were pencils on the desk.

Swedish
vara, finnas, befinna sig, existera

We’re

We’re is a contraction of we and are.

Examples
We’re from the United States.
We’re going to the cinema tomorrow.
We’re upset we missed our flight.

Swedish
vi är

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