Breakdown of Djuret andas långsamt och känns slött.
och
and
långsam
slow
djuret
the animal
andas
to breathe
kännas
to feel (to have a certain feel, to seem)
slö
blunt, dull / lethargic, sluggish
Questions & Answers about Djuret andas långsamt och känns slött.
Why is slött spelled with a double T?
The base adjective is slö (lethargic or dull), which ends in a stressed vowel. When you use it to describe a neuter noun like djuret, you must add -tt instead of just a single -t. That is why it becomes slött.
Why do both verbs here, andas and känns, end in an S?
Andas (to breathe) is a deponent verb, meaning it always ends in an -s but has a normal, active meaning. Känns comes from känna (to feel) and is used when something gives the feeling of being a certain way, such as the animal feeling lethargic to an observer.
Do långsamt and slött both end in a T-sound for the same reason?
No, they are doing different jobs. Långsamt is an adverb describing how the animal breathes, so we add a -t to the adjective långsam to make it an adverb (similar to adding -ly in English). Slött, on the other hand, is an adjective directly describing the neuter noun djuret, so it takes the neuter -tt ending.
Does slö always mean lethargic?
When talking about living things, slö means lethargic, sluggish, or lazy. However, if you are talking about objects with an edge, like a knife, it means dull or blunt.
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