No. 291 in Norwegian
bygget
"Bygget" means "the building" or "built" in English, depending on the context.
In a sentence
Han bygget huset i fjor.
He built the house last year.
The word 'bygget' is used here as a verb in the past tense, meaning 'built'.
Det gamle bygget ble revet ned.
The old building was demolished.
In this sentence, 'bygget' is used as a noun meaning 'building'.
De hadde bygget broen ferdig før vinteren kom.
They had completed building the bridge before winter came.
Here, 'bygget' is used as the past participle in a compound tense, contributing to the verb phrase meaning 'had built'.
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