Min fot är kall efter regnet.

Breakdown of Min fot är kall efter regnet.

vara
to be
min
my
efter
after
kall
cold
foten
the foot
regnet
the rain
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Questions & Answers about Min fot är kall efter regnet.

Why is it min fot and not mitt fot?

Because fot is a common gender noun in Swedish (an en-word): en fot.

For en-words, the possessive is min:

  • min fot = my foot

For ett-words, you use mitt:

  • mitt hus = my house

So:

  • en fotmin fot
  • not mitt fot
Why is there no article before fot?

In Swedish, when you use a possessive like min, din, hans, hennes, and so on, you normally do not add an article.

So you say:

  • min fot = my foot

Not:

  • min en fot
  • min foten

This works much like English, where we say my foot, not the my foot.

Why is it kall and not kallt?

The adjective must agree with the noun it describes.

Here, fot is an en-word and it is singular, so the basic adjective form is used:

  • en kall fot = a cold foot
  • Min fot är kall = my foot is cold

Compare:

  • ett kallt rum = a cold room
  • Mina fötter är kalla = my feet are cold

So:

  • singular en-wordkall
  • singular ett-wordkallt
  • plural → kalla
Why is the verb är used here?

Är is the present tense of vara, which means to be.

So:

  • är = is / are / am, depending on context

In this sentence:

  • Min fot är kall = My foot is cold

Swedish verbs do not change depending on the subject the way English verbs do. The form är stays the same:

  • jag är
  • du är
  • han är
  • vi är
What does efter regnet mean grammatically?

Efter is a preposition meaning after.

Regnet is the definite form of regn:

  • ett regn = a rain
  • regnet = the rain

So:

  • efter regnet = after the rain

This phrase tells you when or under what circumstances the foot is cold.

Why is it regnet and not just regn?

Because the sentence is referring to the rain, not rain in a general sense.

  • regn = rain, as a general substance or phenomenon
  • regnet = the rain, a specific rain event

So:

  • efter regnet = after the rain

If you said efter regn, it would sound less natural in this sentence. Swedish usually prefers the definite form here when talking about a specific rain that just happened.

Is fot really singular here? Why not foten?

Yes, fot is singular here, but it is in its indefinite form because it is preceded by min.

Compare:

  • fot = foot
  • foten = the foot
  • min fot = my foot

In Swedish, possessives usually replace the definite article idea:

  • foten = the foot
  • min fot = my foot

So min fot is exactly what you want here.

Can the word order change, like Efter regnet är min fot kall?

Yes, that is perfectly possible.

Both of these are natural:

  • Min fot är kall efter regnet.
  • Efter regnet är min fot kall.

When a sentence starts with a time phrase like Efter regnet, Swedish uses normal V2 word order, meaning the verb comes second:

  • Efter regnet är min fot kall

You do not say:

  • Efter regnet min fot är kall
Why is it kall for a body part? In English we often say my feet are cold.

Swedish can absolutely describe a body part directly with an adjective:

  • Min fot är kall = My foot is cold

This is normal and natural.

Swedish also often talks about body parts in similar ways:

  • Mina händer är kalla = My hands are cold
  • Min näsa är kall = My nose is cold

So this sentence is grammatically straightforward and idiomatic.

What is the plural if I want to say My feet are cold after the rain?

The plural of fot is fötter.

So the sentence becomes:

  • Mina fötter är kalla efter regnet.

Notice the changes:

  • minmina for plural
  • fotfötter
  • kallkalla for plural agreement

So:

  • Min fot är kall = My foot is cold
  • Mina fötter är kalla = My feet are cold
How do I know that fot is an en-word?

Unfortunately, there is no perfect rule that lets you always predict noun gender in Swedish. In many cases, you simply learn the noun together with its article:

  • en fot
  • ett regn

That is why Swedish learners are usually encouraged to memorize nouns with en or ett from the beginning.

In this sentence, knowing the gender helps you choose:

  • min because fot is an en-word
  • kall because it agrees with an en-word singular noun
Could I also say ben instead of fot?

Only if you mean leg, not foot.

In Swedish:

  • fot = foot
  • ben = leg

So:

  • Min fot är kall = My foot is cold
  • Mitt ben är kallt = My leg is cold

Notice that ben is an ett-word, so it takes:

  • mitt ben
  • kallt

That makes it a useful comparison with the original sentence.