Learn Swedish: Jag är helt stelfrusen och vill krama elementet. - I am completely frozen stiff and want to hug the radiator.

In everyday Swedish, ett element is the standard word for a heating radiator in a room. While it shares the same root as the English word 'element' and can be used similarly in science, it is a classic false friend when talking about houses and temperature!

How does the compound adjective stelfrusen behave if the subject is plural?

It is built from stel (stiff) and frusen (frozen). Because the last part ends in -en, it follows the standard pattern for those adjectives: the -en becomes -na in the plural. If it were a plural subject, you would say vi är helt stelfrusna.

This lesson focuses on unfulfilled wishes. How could I express the second part as an om-clause meaning 'If only I could hug the radiator!'?

You can create an independent optative clause by using om, a past-tense verb to show it is hypothetical, and usually an emphasizing adverb like bara or ändå. For example: Om jag bara kunde krama elementet!

Why is there no jag before vill krama?

Because the two clauses are connected by the coordinating conjunction och and the subject (jag) is the exact same for both verbs, you do not need to repeat the pronoun. This works exactly like English.