fortalt

In a sentence

• Jeg har fortalt deg alt jeg vet.

  I have told you everything I know.

  Here, 'fortalt' is the past participle of 'fortelle', used in the present perfect tense to indicate an action completed in the past but relevant to the present.

• Han fortalte en historie som fikk oss til å le.

  He told a story that made us laugh.

  Here, 'fortalte' is the simple past tense of 'fortelle', indicating a completed action that occurred in the past.

• Fortell det jeg har fortalt til noen andre.

  Tell what I have told to someone else.

  Here, 'fortalt' appears again as the past participle of 'fortelle', being used to refer back to something communicated previously.