Word
Fjället kändes för riskabelt för att bestiga idag.
Meaning
The mountain felt too risky to ascend today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Fjället kändes för riskabelt för att bestiga idag.
idag
today
att
to
för
for, to
fjället
the mountain (fell, above tree line)
Questions & Answers about Fjället kändes för riskabelt för att bestiga idag.
Why do we use för att here instead of just att?
This is the Swedish way to express "too [adjective] to [verb]". You use the structure för + adjective + för att + infinitive. While it literally looks like "too risky for to ascend", the för att simply links the adjective to the action it prevents.
Why is the adjective spelled riskabelt with a -t at the end?
The adjective must agree with the noun it describes. Because fjället (the mountain) is an ett word, the base adjective riskabel gets a -t added to the end to become riskabelt.
Why does kändes end in an -s?
This is the past tense of att kännas, an s-verb. It is used when something gives off a feeling or impression, like "it felt" or "it seemed". If you used the regular active verb kände without the -s, it would mean a person physically touched something or experienced an emotion.
What is the difference between a fjäll and a berg?
While a berg is the general Swedish word for a mountain, a fjäll specifically refers to the high, barren mountains found in Scandinavia that stretch above the tree line (often called "fells" in English).