Word
Bilen bliver bygget på fabrikken.
Meaning
The car is built at the factory.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bilen bliver bygget på fabrikken.
bilen
the car
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
bygge
to build
blive
to be (passive auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about Bilen bliver bygget på fabrikken.
Why do we use bliver here instead of er?
Using bliver creates the action passive. Bilen bliver bygget means the car is actively being built right now. If the sentence used er (Bilen er bygget), it would mean the building process is already finished and we are just describing the finished state of the car.
How is the word bygget formed in this passive structure?
bygget is the past participle of the verb at bygge (to build). To form this type of passive, you always combine a form of the helper verb at blive (here, the present tense bliver) with the past participle of the main action.
Why use the preposition på for 'at the factory'?
Danish often uses på rather than i (in) for workplaces and institutions. You say på fabrikken because the sentence focuses on the factory as an active workplace, rather than just emphasizing being physically enclosed inside a building.
How would the word order change if I started the sentence with På fabrikken?
Starting with the location triggers the Danish V2 rule, meaning the verb must be the second idea in the sentence. The helper verb bliver swaps places with the subject bilen, giving you: På fabrikken bliver bilen bygget.