Under intervjuet spør de om hvorfor hun flyttet fra landet sitt til Norge.

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Breakdown of Under intervjuet spør de om hvorfor hun flyttet fra landet sitt til Norge.

• til: to
• om: about
• fra: from

Questions & Answers about Under intervjuet spør de om hvorfor hun flyttet fra landet sitt til Norge.

Why is it under intervjuet and not something like i intervjuet or mens intervjuet?

Under in Norwegian can mean during (a period of time), not only physically under something.

• under intervjuet ≈ during the interview
• i intervjuet would focus more on in the interview as a situation or content (for example i intervjuet sier hun at … – in the interview she says that …).
• mens intervjuet is not correct by itself. mens is a conjunction and needs a full clause:
  
  • mens intervjuet pågår – while the interview is going on

So under intervjuet is the natural, short way to say during the interview.

Why is it intervjuet and not just intervju?

Intervju is a neuter noun: et intervju (an interview).

Norwegian usually marks “the” by a suffix on the noun:

• et intervju = an interview
• intervjuet = the interview

In this sentence we are talking about a specific interview, so the definite form intervjuet is used: under intervjuet = during the interview.