Å bo = To live, reside (Uke 30)

Old houses along Bjerggata, in Sandefjord. Image from Wikipedia.

The Verb of the Week is å bo, "to live, reside". The older form, å bu, is still found.

"To live, to be alive" is å leve. Use å bo to specify a place of residence.

jeg bor = I live (present tense)
jeg har bodd = I have lived (present perfect tense)
jeg bodde = I lived (past tense)
jeg hadde bodd = I had lived (past perfect tense)
jeg vil bo/bu = I will live (future)
jeg vil ha bodd = I will have lived (future perfect)
jeg ville bo/bu = I would live (present conditional)
jeg ville ha bodd = I would have lived (perfect conditional)

Here are some sentences using å bo:

Terje bodde med foreldrene sine til 1998.
Terje lived with his parents until 1998.

De vil bo i Sandefjord etter bryllupet.
They will live in Sandefjord after the wedding.

Han bor i Håkon-Herdebreisgate, ved siden av politistasjonen. Han sier han liker det.
He lives in Håkon-Herdebrei-street, next to the police station. He says he likes it.