No. 4,330 in Dutch
bouwen
To build or construct.
In a sentence
Ik bouw een huis.
I am building a house.
In this sentence, 'bouwen' is used as the present tense to indicate the action of constructing something.
Wij hebben een toren gebouwd.
We have built a tower.
Here, 'bouwen' is used in the past participle form 'gebouwd' to indicate a completed construction action.
Zij zullen een brug bouwen.
They will build a bridge.
In this sentence, 'bouwen' appears in the future tense to describe an action that will take place.
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