Η αίτηση για την υποτροφία είναι ακόμα εκκρεμής.

Αίτηση is a feminine singular noun meaning application or request. In this sentence it is the subject, so it appears in the nominative singular: η αίτηση = the application.

A quick breakdown:

• η = the (feminine singular, nominative)
• αίτηση = application

So η αίτηση means the application.

The preposition για often means for. Here, για την υποτροφία means for the scholarship.

Also, για is followed by the accusative case, so η υποτροφία becomes την υποτροφία.

Breakdown:

• για = for
• την = the (feminine singular accusative)
• υποτροφία = scholarship

So:

• η υποτροφία = the scholarship
• για την υποτροφία = for the scholarship

Because για takes the accusative case in Modern Greek.

The noun υποτροφία is feminine, so:

• nominative: η υποτροφία
• accusative: την υποτροφία

This is very common in Greek: the article changes form depending on the noun’s role in the sentence or the preposition used.

Εκκρεμής means pending, outstanding, or still undecided/unresolved.

In this sentence, it describes η αίτηση, so it must agree with it in gender and number. Since αίτηση is feminine singular, εκκρεμής is also in the feminine singular form.

This adjective has forms like:

• masculine: εκκρεμής
• feminine: εκκρεμής
• neuter: εκκρεμές

So the masculine and feminine forms are the same here.

Because είναι already means is / are.

The structure is:

• Η αίτηση = the application
• είναι = is
• ακόμα = still
• εκκρεμής = pending

Greek often uses the same basic structure as English with to be + adjective:

• Η αίτηση είναι εκκρεμής.
• The application is pending.

Here ακόμα means still.

Yes, ακόμα and ακόμη are usually interchangeable in Modern Greek. Ακόμη is a bit more formal or careful in style, while ακόμα is very common in everyday speech.

So these both work:

• Η αίτηση είναι ακόμα εκκρεμής.
• Η αίτηση είναι ακόμη εκκρεμής.

Both mean The application is still pending.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order, so different arrangements are possible. However, some versions sound more natural than others.

The most natural version here is:

• Η αίτηση για την υποτροφία είναι ακόμα εκκρεμής.

You may also hear:

• Η αίτηση για την υποτροφία είναι εκκρεμής ακόμα.

But ακόμα usually sounds best near what it modifies, and in this sentence the standard placement is before εκκρεμής.

So your version is understandable, but less natural.

Because it is the main descriptive word, the adjective linked to the subject by είναι. Greek often places the predicate adjective after the verb, just as English does:

• Η αίτηση είναι εκκρεμής.
• The application is pending.

Adding ακόμα before it gives:

• Η αίτηση είναι ακόμα εκκρεμής.
• The application is still pending.

So the position is normal and natural.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

ee EH-tee-see yah tee(n) ee-po-tro-FEE-ah EE-neh A-ko-ma ek-kre-MEES

A few notes:

• αι in αίτηση sounds like e in bet
• η / ι / υ / ει / οι all sound like ee in Modern Greek
• για sounds like ya
• την is often pronounced tin
• υποτροφία has stress on the last ί
• εκκρεμής has stress on the final syllable

The written stress marks are very important in Greek pronunciation.

Not always. Αίτηση can mean:

• application
• request
• sometimes petition, depending on context

In this sentence, because of για την υποτροφία, the best translation is application:

• Η αίτηση για την υποτροφία = the application for the scholarship

But in another context, κάνω αίτηση can mean I apply or I submit an application.

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• για την υποτροφία = for the scholarship
  This usually refers to a specific scholarship.

• για υποτροφία = for a scholarship / for scholarship funding
  This is more general or less specific.

So in your sentence, για την υποτροφία suggests a specific scholarship is being discussed.

Greek uses the definite article more often than English does. In this sentence, η αίτηση means the application, referring to a specific application already known from context.

If you said just Αίτηση για την υποτροφία είναι ακόμα εκκρεμής, it would sound unnatural in standard Greek.

So Greek strongly prefers:

• Η αίτηση για την υποτροφία είναι ακόμα εκκρεμής.

Sometimes, yes, but the meaning may shift.

Common alternatives include:

• σε εκκρεμότητα = pending / in limbo
• ανεπεξέργαστη = unprocessed
• ανοιχτή = open, unresolved in some contexts

For example:

• Η αίτηση για την υποτροφία είναι σε εκκρεμότητα.

This is very natural and means almost the same thing as είναι εκκρεμής.

Still, εκκρεμής is a very standard and precise word for official or administrative contexts.

It sounds neutral to slightly formal. That is because words like αίτηση, υποτροφία, and especially εκκρεμής are common in administrative, academic, and official contexts.

So this sentence would fit well in:

• emails
• university communication
• office or government documents
• formal conversations

It is perfectly natural Greek, but not especially casual.