Breakdown of Polisen hoppas på fler erkännanden.
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
polisen
the police officer
hoppas
to hope
fler
more (countable)
Questions & Answers about Polisen hoppas på fler erkännanden.
Why does erkännanden end in -n instead of a normal plural ending like -ar or -er?
Erkännande (confession) is an abstract neuter noun (an ett-word) ending in -ande. When a neuter noun ends in -ande or -ende and describes an action or a concept, it belongs to Group 4 and always forms its plural by adding an -n. So, ett erkännande becomes flera erkännanden.
Why is Polisen hoppas singular when the English translation says "The police are"?
In English, "police" is treated as a plural noun. But in Swedish, polisen refers to "the police force" as a single organization, so it is treated as a singular noun. If you wanted to talk about multiple individual police officers, you would use the plural form poliserna.
Why do we need the word på after hoppas here?
In Swedish, the verb hoppas (to hope) is almost always followed by the preposition på when you are hoping for something specific. Just like English uses "hope for", Swedish uses hoppas på. Also remember that hoppas is a deponent verb, meaning it always ends in an -s even though it describes an active feeling.
Could I use mer instead of fler to mean "more confessions"?