De bygger en solid bro.

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Breakdown of De bygger en solid bro.

• de: they
• broen: the bridge
• bygge: to build

Questions & Answers about De bygger en solid bro.

Why is De capitalized here?

Because it is the first word in the sentence. In normal Norwegian, de is usually written with a lowercase d unless it starts a sentence.

So in the middle of a sentence, you would normally write de bygger en solid bro.

What does de mean here?

Here, de means they.

In other contexts, de can also mean those, but in this sentence it is clearly the subject pronoun because it comes before the verb bygger.

Why is it bygger and not bygge?

Bygger is the present tense form of the verb å bygge.

• å bygge = to build
• bygger = build / am building / are building / is building

Norwegian present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive:

• å bygge → bygger
• å bo → bor
• å lære → lærer

So De bygger means They build or They are building, depending on context.

Does bygger mean build or are building?