Breakdown of Vi har många sökande till stipendiet.
vi
we
ha
to have
till
to (direction, destination)
många
many
stipendiet
the scholarship
sökanden
the applicant
Questions & Answers about Vi har många sökande till stipendiet.
Why doesn't sökande have a plural ending after många?
Sökande (applicant) is formed from the present participle of the verb söka (to apply/seek). Nouns describing people that end in -ande or -ende belong to a group of words that don't change form in the indefinite plural. Therefore, it looks exactly the same whether you say en sökande (one applicant) or många sökande (many applicants).
Can sökande also just mean "seeking"?
Yes! Because it is originally the present participle (the "-ing" form) of söka, it can be used as an adjective meaning "searching" or "seeking". But in this sentence, it acts entirely as a noun, which is very common for -ande words describing people (just like en studerande for "a student").
Why do we use till instead of för to say "for the scholarship"?
When referring to applicants or applications directed at a specific institution, program, or grant, Swedish naturally uses till. You can think of it as the application being sent to the scholarship committee. You will also see this in phrases like sökande till universitetet (applicants to the university).
Why is the definite form stipendiet? What is the base word?
The base form is ett stipendium. Words of Latin origin that end in -um generally drop the -um before adding the definite ett-word ending -et. So, stipendium becomes stipendi- + -et, resulting in stipendiet (the scholarship).
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