Solen känns skön.

the sun

Breakdown of Solen känns skön.

• kännas: to feel
• skön: pleasant; comfortable

Questions & Answers about Solen känns skön.

Why is it solen and not just sol?

Sol means sun as a noun in its basic form.

• en sol = a sun
• solen = the sun

Swedish often puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the. Since this sentence is talking about the actual sun, Swedish uses solen.

Because sol is an en-word, its definite singular form is solen.

What is känns here?

Känns is the present tense of kännas.

In this sentence, kännas means something like feel or seem from the speaker's experience.

So:

• Solen känns skön = The sun feels pleasant / nice

This is different from känna without -s, which usually means to feel something or to know someone/something by familiarity.

Compare:

• Jag känner solen värma mig = I feel the sun warming me
• Solen känns skön = The sun feels pleasant

Is känns a passive form?