Questions & Answers about Idag ska många rösta i valet.
The lesson is about många, fler, and flest. How is många used here, and how would I change the sentence to say "more" or "most" people?
In this sentence, många (many) acts as a pronoun meaning "many people". If you wanted to say "more people will vote today", you would replace it with the comparative form: Idag ska fler rösta i valet. For "most people", you'd use the superlative: Idag ska flest rösta i valet.
Why is the word order ska många instead of många ska?
Why doesn't the verb rösta end in an -r to show it is in the present tense?
Because it follows the auxiliary (helping) verb ska (will / are going to). Just like in English, the main verb that comes after ska must be in its basic dictionary form, called the infinitive. That means we use rösta (to vote) instead of the present tense röstar (votes / is voting).
What is the base noun for valet?
The base word is ett val. Because it is an ett-word, it takes the suffix -et to become definite (valet, meaning "the election"). Interestingly, ett val can mean both "an election" and "a choice" in Swedish.
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