"Var bor du?"

Translation: Where do you live?

[Kreilyn]

what is the deference between lever and bor?

[Berniebud]

"Leva" means "To be alive", while "Bo" means, "To reside/To live somewhere".

[TWDockery]

Maybe "bor" is related to English "board", as in a boarding house?

[Zmrzlina]

There used to be an English word several hundred years ago, buan, with the same meaning, but it fell out of use.

[pacsirat]

That seems to be similar to wohnen.

[GlennDavies]

The English "board" is related to "bord" (table). "room and board" means the house provides meals as well as a bed.

[cola1counted]

It can imply both though as in "boarder" and "boarding school"

[kiteo]

I think bo, bor is supposed to be related to neighbour, also to byre, bower, booth, etc, in the sense of staying, existing, dwelling.

[kiteo]

But not abode, apparently.

[Amun_Ra_]

Duo would like to know your location.

[RecorderMan]

Allow Duolingo to use location? CANCEL, ALLOW

[Sgelstick]

Can somebody explain me why I got correct? I heard "Varför då" and so I wrote it.. I got correct, but then as I looked at the transalation, there was "Where do you live?", so I was like What kind of Swedish phrase is this?! So I clicked on the comments section, and there was "Var bor du?" (_) such magic wth xD

[Alexander236490]

Why "var" and not "vart"?

[CarlyStune]

"Vart" is for movement. So "var" is like where IS something, and "vart" is like where is something GOING.