"De ska bygga ett nytt laboratorium vid universitetet."

Translation: They are going to build a new laboratory at the university.

[nphx2]

Is there a significant difference between "på/vid universitetet"?

[sotnosen93]

"Vid" means "close to". I would say "på" means it's physically on top of the university.

[QuintusMarius]

Well, the laboratory would be on campus, not nearby.

[Eleanor.stahp]

Why is "by the university" not an accepted answer?

[sotnosen93]

It is now.

[Anton708429]

Is laboratorium an irregular noun? Sounds strange that the definite form is laboratoriet (not laboratoriumet)

[AmbassadorTigger]

It's a common pattern for Latin nouns ending in -um, like museum.

[aikikey]

How do I get the difference between "shall" (wishing/thinking about) and "will" (real planning) in this case? Or how can I make a difference regarding this in Swedish?

[Paluchette]

If you want to say "next to the university" do you use bredvid ?

[Lundgren8]

Yes, bredvid means ’beside, next to’.

[Pind116]

I don't even know science in my first language, now I know Swedish science!

[AmbassadorTigger]

Is there a commonly used shortening of laboratorium in Swedish, like lab in English?

[nporter7]

Yup, it's just "ett labb". And for the definite: example: "Jag gick till labbet."

[Myriam271975]

Why is " they will build" wrong

[Farzad2050]

Does anyone know why when there are several comments here, the ballon which shows the number of comments displays number zero (0)?

[Pind116]

No I don't. Are you on mobile or computer?