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No. 311 in Swedish

byggt

"Byggt" means "built" in English.

In a sentence

  • Jag har byggt ett hus.

    I have built a house.

    Here, 'byggt' is used as the past participle of 'bygga'. It appears in combination with the verb 'har' to form the perfect tense.

  • Huset är byggt av sten.

    The house is built of stone.

    In this sentence, 'byggt' is the past participle used in a passive construction to describe the state or construction material of the house.

  • Efter att ha byggt hela dagen, var han väldigt trött.

    After having built the entire day, he was very tired.

    Here, 'byggt' is again the past participle, now used in an infinitive phrase to describe the action that took place earlier.

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