Ytan känns som om den redan är glaserad.

to be

Breakdown of Ytan känns som om den redan är glaserad.

• redan: already
• den: it
• kännas: to feel

Questions & Answers about Ytan känns som om den redan är glaserad.

Why is it ytan and not yta?

Yta means surface.
Ytan means the surface.

The ending -n is the definite ending for many en-words in Swedish.

• en yta = a surface
• ytan = the surface

So the sentence is talking about a specific surface, not just any surface.

Why is it känns and not känner?

Here Swedish uses the verb kännas, not känna.

• känna = to feel, to know, to touch/experience
• kännas = to feel, to seem, to have a certain feel

So:

• Jag känner ytan = I feel/touch the surface
• Ytan känns... = The surface feels...

In this sentence, känns means something like feels or seems from the speaker’s point of view.

Also, kännas is one of those Swedish verbs that ends in -s in its normal dictionary form. That -s does not automatically mean passive here.

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