Breakdown of Det gamla akademiska laboratoriet beviljar inga stipendier.
gammal
old
det
the (with ett-words)
ingen
no, none (en-word)
laboratoriet
the laboratory
stipendiet
the scholarship
bevilja
to grant
akademisk
academic
Questions & Answers about Det gamla akademiska laboratoriet beviljar inga stipendier.
Why is the plural of stipendium written as stipendier instead of just adding a normal plural ending?
Stipendium is a neuter noun borrowed from Latin that ends in -um. Instead of taking a standard neuter plural, these specific nouns drop the -um and add -er to form the plural. This is why stipendium becomes stipendier. You will see this same pattern with words like museum (which becomes museer).
The dictionary form of laboratory is laboratorium. How does it become laboratoriet in this sentence?
Because it is a neuter noun, it takes the definite ending -et to mean 'the laboratory'. However, for Latin loanwords ending in -um, you must drop the -um before adding the definite ending. So, laboratorium minus -um plus -et gives us laboratoriet.
Why do the adjectives gamla and akademiska both end in -a here?
Because the noun is in the definite form ('the old academic laboratory'), the adjectives must also take their definite form. In Swedish, when an adjective comes between the standalone definite article det and a definite noun like laboratoriet, the adjective almost always takes the ending -a.
Why is inga used here instead of inte for negation?
Inga translates to 'no' when placed directly in front of a plural noun like stipendier, just like in the English phrase 'grants no scholarships'. If you wanted to use inte (not) instead, you would have to add några (any) and say beviljar inte några stipendier (does not grant any scholarships).
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