Vi har boet her, siden flyttebilen kom i sidste uge.

to live

Breakdown of Vi har boet her, siden flyttebilen kom i sidste uge.

• i: in
• vi: we
• have: to have

Questions & Answers about Vi har boet her, siden flyttebilen kom i sidste uge.

Why is it har boet and not boede?

Har boet is the present perfect of at bo (to live / reside).

In Danish, the present perfect is often used for something that started in the past and is still true now. So:

• Vi har boet her = We have lived here / We’ve been living here

If you said Vi boede her, that would usually sound more like a finished past situation:

• Vi boede her = We lived here
  (but not necessarily anymore)

So har boet fits well with siden because the sentence describes a situation that began at a point in the past and continues up to the present.

Why does the sentence use siden?

Siden here means since.

It introduces the point in time when the situation began:

• Vi har boet her, siden flyttebilen kom ...
• We have lived here since the moving truck arrived ...

So the structure is:

• ongoing situation: Vi har boet her
• starting point: siden flyttebilen kom i sidste uge

A useful pattern is:

• har + past participle ... siden + past event

For example:

• Jeg har kendt hende siden 2019.
  = I have known her since 2019.

Why is it kom after siden, not er kommet?