Vi bor ikke langt fra stasjonen.

to live

Breakdown of Vi bor ikke langt fra stasjonen.

• vi: we
• fra: from
• stasjonen: the station

Questions & Answers about Vi bor ikke langt fra stasjonen.

What exactly does bor mean here, and how is it different from lever?

In Norwegian there are two common verbs that both translate as to live in English:

• bo – to live somewhere, to reside, to have your home in a place

  • Vi bor i Oslo. – We live in Oslo.
  • Hvor bor du? – Where do you live?

• leve – to live in the sense of to be alive, to be living (not dead), or to live a certain kind of life

  • Han lever. – He is alive.
  • Hun lever et lykkelig liv. – She lives a happy life.

In Vi bor ikke langt fra stasjonen, bor is used because we’re talking about where we reside, not whether we are alive.

Why is ikke after bor and not before, like “Vi ikke bor …”?