Breakdown of Vad otäckt det känns att vara ensam i skogen!
vara
to be
det
it (neuter)
i
in
att
to
skogen
the forest
ensam
alone
kännas
to feel (to have a certain feel, to seem)
vad
how (in exclamations)
otäck
scary
Questions & Answers about Vad otäckt det känns att vara ensam i skogen!
Why does the sentence start with Vad when the English translation says "How"?
Why does otäckt end in a -t?
It takes the neuter -t ending because it describes the dummy pronoun det (the general situation of being in the forest). When we use det as the subject to talk about a general feeling, the adjective must match it in the neuter form.
Why does the verb känns end in an -s?
This is from the verb att kännas (to feel or to seem). It is an s-verb, meaning it always ends in -s but has an active meaning. While att känna means that you actively feel or touch something, att kännas is used to describe how a situation, atmosphere, or object feels to you.
If the subject is det, why is ensam not written in the neuter form as ensamt?
While otäckt describes det (the situation), ensam describes the actual person who is in the forest. Since a generic person is treated as common gender (an en-word), we use the basic form ensam rather than the neuter form.
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