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- "Jag känner frid."
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1458
In Swedish though, the word vrede means 'wrath, anger'. Of course v is pronounced as v in Swedish which makes all the difference :)
I like that in Swedish "to feel" can also mean "to know"! Getting philosophical here but sometimes feelings can be the best thing to follow :)
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Hmm? Spanish has a separate verb, sentir, which means "to feel (an object)" (and sentirse, the reflexive form, to mean "to feel (a feeling)"). Conocer means "to know of" or "to be acquainted with". I don't believe there's any case in which conocer and sentir are interchangeable.
1458
känner mig is for how you feel (using adjectives) – when you could say I feel happy or I am happy – that would be jag känner mig glad. You're describing yourself, so you need the reflexive form.
känner is for feelings you feel (using nouns) – when you could say things like I experience happiness or I am overwhelmed by happiness or whatever – in those cases you are describing a feeling that you are experiencing, not yourself, so you don't use the reflexive form of the verb.
1458
Yeah, I can see now I wasn't very clear. I meant, you're not describing yourself. You're describing a feeling.
1458
känns describes how an object feels to another person.
There's a little more about it in the post on deponent verbs: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/6094592
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So would it be Jag kānner mig fridful as opposed to jag känner frid? 'I feel peaceful' as opposed 'I feel at peace'? And would a different verb be used when one wants to say 'I feel peace' in the sense of there being peace all around?
"At peace" means that your are calm, and the state of your mind is peaceful. You are not agitated or angry. If you meditate, I think this is the way you would want to feel.
"At " or "at " is not a general pattern in English. For example, all of the following are INCORRECT: "at angry", "at anger", "at happy", "at happiness". It's best to think of "at peace" as a specific phrase and just learn what it means.
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peaceful=fridfull, but I think it is mostly used to describe a place, rather than a state of mind.