No. 452 in Swedish
ensam
Alone.
In a sentence
Jag känner mig ensam när jag inte har någon att prata med.
I feel alone when I have no one to talk to.
The word "ensam" here is used as an adjective to describe the subject's feeling of loneliness or being solitary.
Han gick ensamma genom skogen, utan sällskap.
He walked alone through the forest, without company.
Here, "ensam" functions as an adverbial adjective, describing the state in which the subject performed the action, denoting solitude or absence of others.
Åh, vad ensam den här gamla stolen ser ut i det lilla rummet.
Oh, how lonely this old chair looks in the small room.
In this sentence, "ensam" is used metaphorically to describe an object, giving it an anthropomorphic sense of isolation or being forlorn.
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