Ansökan ska vara färdig den nionde april, annars blir hon stressad.

Ansökan is the definite form of ansökan = the application.

Swedish uses the definite form when the speaker means a specific, known thing. So Ansökan ska vara färdig... means The application must/is supposed to be finished...

Compare:

• en ansökan = an application
• ansökan = the application

If you said En ansökan ska vara färdig den nionde april, it would sound more general, like a rule about applications in general.

Here ska means something like is to, is supposed to, must, or should depending on context.

So Ansökan ska vara färdig means the application:

• must be finished
• should be finished
• is supposed to be finished

In Swedish, ska is very common for planned events, expectations, instructions, and obligations.

A few comparisons:

• Ansökan ska vara färdig... = The application is supposed to be ready...
• Ansökan måste vara färdig... = The application absolutely has to be ready...

So ska is often a bit less forceful than måste, though in practice it can still sound quite strong.

Vara means to be, and färdig means finished, ready, or completed.

So vara färdig literally means to be finished/ready.

In this sentence:

• Ansökan ska vara färdig = The application should be finished / ready

This is a very common Swedish pattern:

• Maten är färdig = The food is ready
• Jag är färdig = I am done
• Rapporten måste vara färdig imorgon = The report must be finished tomorrow

Because ansökan is an en-word (common gender), singular.

Swedish adjectives often agree with the noun:

• en-words in singular: usually base form
  
  • en färdig ansökan
• ett-words in singular: often -t form
  
  • ett färdigt dokument
• plural or definite contexts can change the form again
  
  • färdiga dokument

Here the adjective comes after vara, but agreement still matters:

• Ansökan är färdig
• Dokumentet är färdigt

So färdig matches ansökan.

In Swedish, dates are often expressed with:

• den
  • ordinal number + month

So:

• den nionde april = the ninth of April

A few examples:

• den första maj = the first of May
• den tjugofjärde december = the twenty-fourth of December

This is especially common in speech and in more careful writing.

You may also see dates written with numerals:

• 9 april

But when fully written out in words, den nionde april is very natural.

In Swedish, names of months and days are normally not capitalized.

So Swedish writes:

• april
• måndag
• juli

not:

• April
• Måndag
• Juli

This is different from English.

Annars means otherwise.

In this sentence:

• ..., annars blir hon stressad.
  = ..., otherwise she gets/becomes stressed.

It introduces the consequence if the first condition is not met.

Examples:

• Skynda dig, annars missar du tåget.
  = Hurry up, otherwise you’ll miss the train.
• Vi måste gå nu, annars blir vi sena.
  = We have to leave now, otherwise we’ll be late.

Because Swedish follows the V2 rule in main clauses.

That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

After annars, the word order is:

• annars = first position
• blir = second position
• hon = after the verb

So:

• Annars blir hon stressad.

not:

• Annars hon blir stressad.

This is a very important Swedish pattern:

• Idag jobbar jag hemma.
• Nu kommer han.
• Sedan gick vi hem.
• Annars blir hon stressad.

If there is no word placed first, then the subject comes first:

• Hon blir stressad.

Blir means becomes or gets, while är means is.

So:

• hon blir stressad = she becomes stressed / she gets stressed
• hon är stressad = she is stressed

In this sentence, the meaning is about a change of state caused by the deadline situation. That is why blir is used.

Compare:

• När det är bråttom blir hon stressad.
  = When things are rushed, she gets stressed.
• Hon är stressad idag.
  = She is stressed today.

No. Here hon refers to a female person, not to ansökan.

Even though ansökan is an en-word, that does not mean you normally refer to it with hon. For ordinary things, Swedish usually uses den for common-gender nouns and det for neuter nouns.

So:

• ansökan → usually den, if you refer back to the noun
• hon → an actual female person

That means the sentence is saying that she becomes stressed if the application is not ready by that date.

Yes, very close. Stressad usually means stressed, under pressure, or tense because of stress.

Examples:

• Jag är stressad. = I am stressed.
• Hon blir lätt stressad. = She gets stressed easily.

It is used much like English stressed, so it is a helpful vocabulary match for learners.

Not exactly. Vara färdig most directly means be finished or be ready.

So the sentence clearly says the application must be completed/ready by that date. Whether that also implies submitted depends on context, but the Swedish itself does not specifically say submitted.

If you wanted to be more explicit about submission, you might use something like:

• Ansökan ska skickas in senast den nionde april.
  = The application must be submitted no later than the ninth of April.

So färdig focuses on completion, not necessarily sending it in.