Vi bor her midlertidig.

Bo is the infinitive, meaning to live / to reside.
Bor is the present tense form.

Examples:

• å bo = to live
• jeg bor = I live
• vi bor = we live

A useful thing to remember is that Norwegian verbs do not change for person the way English verbs sometimes do. So you get:

• jeg bor
• du bor
• han bor
• vi bor

All of them use bor in the present tense.

Norwegian often uses the simple present where English might use either the simple present or the present continuous.

So Vi bor her midlertidig can match English:

• We live here temporarily
• We are living here temporarily

Norwegian does not need a separate auxiliary verb here. The single verb bor is enough.

Its basic meaning is live or reside. However, in context it can sometimes feel close to stay, especially when the situation is temporary.

In this sentence, midlertidig makes it clear that the living arrangement is not permanent. So in natural English, the idea may sound like either:

• living somewhere for a while
• staying somewhere for a while

But the Norwegian verb itself is still bo, not a special verb meaning only stay.

Her means here and gives the location. It answers the question where?

• Vi bor her. = We live here.

This is about location, not movement.

That is why Norwegian uses her, not hit. Compare:

• her = here, in this place
• hit = to here, toward this place

Examples:

• Vi bor her. = We live here.
• Kom hit! = Come here!

Here, midlertidig means temporarily and functions like an adverb. It describes the whole situation of living there.

So it is not describing a noun in this sentence. It is describing the action or situation:

• Vi bor her = We live here
• Vi bor her midlertidig = We live here temporarily

You can compare that with adjectival use:

• en midlertidig løsning = a temporary solution

So the same word can be used in more than one way depending on the sentence.

In Norwegian, many words can be used both as adjectives and adverbs, and words ending in -ig often do not take an extra ending in adverbial use.

So the natural form here is simply midlertidig, not midlertidigt.

That is completely normal in Bokmål.

That word order is very natural in Norwegian. The sentence first gives the basic information:

• Vi bor = subject + verb
• her = place

Then it adds the extra detail that this arrangement is only temporary:

• midlertidig

So the sentence moves from the core idea to the added condition. Putting midlertidig at the end can also make it feel like the important final piece of information.

Yes, but the emphasis changes slightly.

These are all possible:

• Vi bor her midlertidig.
  Neutral and very natural.

• Vi bor midlertidig her.
  Possible, but often a little less natural in everyday speech.

• Her bor vi midlertidig.
  Also correct. This puts more focus on her.

• Midlertidig bor vi her.
  Also correct. This emphasizes midlertidig.

When you move something to the front in a Norwegian main clause, the verb still has to stay in second position. That is why you get:

• Midlertidig bor vi her
• not Midlertidig vi bor her

This is part of the Norwegian V2 rule.

A rough English-friendly guide is:

MID-ler-tee-di

A few tips:

• the stress is near the beginning
• the r sound depends on dialect
• the final -ig is usually lighter than an English speaker might expect

Pronunciation varies across Norway, so this is only an approximation, but it is enough to help you recognize and practice the word.