"You are my brother, so I support you."

Translation: Du er broren min, så jeg støtter deg.

[BrettRyland]

Could the word order in the second half of this sentence be "Du er broren min, så støtter jeg deg."?

[Andershava]

No, not in this context. Using the order "støtter jeg deg" makes in sound more like a question in this sentence. You could however use "Du er broren min, derfor (therefore) støtter jeg deg".

[dac8y]

Andershava, does that mean that different words used to connect the two clauses (så, derfor, etc.) have a different effect on the kind of clause the second part of the sentence is? And where could we maybe find a list of those words and their effects?

[pselkirk]

så is a coordinating conjunction (a conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank), like og, eller, or men.

derfor is a subordinating conjunction (a conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause), like når, at, or mens.

[Amin663889]

I know this question may not seem so smart, but according to språkrådet, "så" is an adverb. How do you say it is a coordinating conjunction?

[pselkirk]

In this context, it's a coordinating conjunction. In other contexts, it can be an adverb, e.g. "jeg er så smart" = "I am so smart".

"You are my brother, so I support you." vs. "I am so smart." Same word, different usage.

[Amin663889]

Thank you -- totally understandable. However, I have checked two well-known dictionaries and none of them mentions "så" as a coordinating conjunction and its quite surprising to me.

[MarkSka]

Why is it wrong to use dere instead of du?

[Luke_5.1991]

Dere is only for plural "you".

[transfixed]

Could you not say "du er bror min" here? I thought that was how the words are ordered, but it said it must be "min bror"...? I'm confused.

[KieranMcDermott]

It can be 'broren min' or 'min bror'

[caelestis7]

Why is 'du er min bror' not accepted?

[JEGamIkkeB]

-Said no young sibling ever

[AndrBallon]

I ve noticed that it is writen in two different ways