The life of a Norwegian author (living abroad, learning a new language, building a character...)

Today I'm talking with Kaja Kvernbakken about many different topics such as why she comes from Bergen but speaks as if she came from Oslo, the difference between the school system in France and in Norway, how translating texts work, or even how to build a character when you write a book.
Kaja is a Norwegian writer that has giving out 2 books, and this interview, you get to know her a bit better.
Jeg håper at du kommer til å lære av dette intervjuet!
Tusen takk Kaja, for at du ville bruke tre timer på å snakke med meg og kameraet mitt !
Kaja's books:
1. Lukta av klor:
cappelendamm.n...
2. Motlys:
cappelendamm.n...

[@HeyItsNicky]

Thank you so so much for your efforts, I know how tough and arduous double subtitling is! I truly appreciate the time you spent in editing, inviting an amazing guest and sharing this interview with us, now I have a huge amount of vocab to work on!

[@norwegian.withilys]

Thank you so much for your comment!! Yes haha, writing the subtitles takes so much time, but I'm getting better at it and I'm happy that it helps you guys ! It's so nice to hear that you learnt a lot from this interview :D

[@ianlucas7876]

This kind of videos are a TREASURE. I'm learning Norwegian on my own and oh my god it's a tall order but I'm still here, learning every day! I truly enjoyed this interview and thank you so much for the subtitles. I really appreciate it! 😊

[@genekisayan6564]

discovering someone else's culture through someone else's culture 🤯 seamlessly thanks to the smooth English dubbing. What a great internet era to witness

[@HessuVee]

This was really fun and cozy! I found it very useful, personally, to drop the speed to 0,75x :) Much easier for my slow Finnish brain to keep up with fast Norwegian :D

[@norwegian.withilys]

Thank youu for your comment ! I'm so happy that my video helped you, and yess, watching the video a bit slower is a really good idea! Hopefully you'll understand a bit more soon :D

[@arianemenezes8227]

I am from Brazil but I live in the USA and this interview helped with my project at college. Thank you for sharing it with us, Ariane

[@julialangelaar]

Ah tusen takk!! Dette var veldig fint og koselig og jeg likte det :)

[@fisfisarenskanal]

Skulle vilja förstå Norska 100%, det är väl inte megasvårt som Svensk. Men ändå kul att kunna skippa engelska. 😊😊 Mysigt klipp Hälsningar från Göteborg

[@coela2616]

Takk Ilys og Kaja! Jeg vil lære Norsk, og jeg startet i dag! (I had to look up "started/startet" but the rest I put together from my dialogue notes from this interview)

[@jessehilde1727]

Hey enjoyable for sure ilys! I'd hope you continue with these types of videos ans content. I found it informative. Maybe continue to showcase others and there language learning journey.

[@norwegian.withilys]

Thank you for your comment, I'm really happy that this video helped you:) Yess, I will try to keep doing interviews, about different topics, I really liked doing this!:)

[@gandalfrj9364]

This is super useful. Thank you. 🧡

[@Yeliad]

So happy to see a new video from you! I know you post more on Instagram but I dont use it anymore, so Ive been looking forward to seeing more on youtube! :)

[@norwegian.withilys]

Thank you for your support! I'm sorry that I don't post more often on KZbin... I really want to, but I just have to find the right rythme:) I will also start posting my little vlogs on KZbin, even if they are actually made for Instagram:) But more is coming on this channel !!:)

[@goldeneagle256]

wow, dette er så ekstremt imponerende hvor god du er til å snakke norsk. fordi jeg vet du ikke er født og oppvokst så kan jeg høre en nesten ikke merkbar aksent i stemmen din, men hadde jeg møtt deg tilfeldig på gata, så kunne det aldri falt meg inn at du ikke hadde bodd hele eller nær hele livet i norge.

[@norwegian.withilys]

Tusen takk for kommentaren og komplimentet!

[@DillaryHuff]

@@norwegian.withilys Ikke bare uttalelsen din, men grammatikken din er også imponerende! (hvis det er du som har laget underteksten). Jeg er litt grammar nazi. Kollegene mine klager på at jeg retter på dem når de har skrivefeil. Jeg kunne ikke se noen skrivefeil i underteksten din 😂 Norsk kan være litt forvirrende noen ganger. Kaja sier for eksempel "tyve" i denne videon - en litt "penere" eller gammeldags måte å si 20 på. De fleste sier "tjue". Vi har et par ord som kan sies på mer enn én måte, og jeg tror sånne eksempler hadde forvirret meg om jeg skulle lært norsk på nytt i dag 😅

[@isalutfi]

Hello, am new subscriber. Thank you for sharing about nowergian language! 🌟🧡

[@samuellitvack8460]

Thanks now i can learn more vocabulary with this video. Thank you

[@pedade02]

All my respect to your visitor; like you she is authentic, honest in revealing parts of her personal story with a lot of nuances, details and courage. I hope the best for both of you and thank you for this natural real-life conversation. Merci pour cet échange plein de vie et chaleureux.

[@norwegian.withilys]

Mercii beaucoup !! I'm really happy that this video helped you and that you liked it!:)

[@maleehaafridi7095]

Thank you for sharing this useful conversation 🌸

[@desgrainesetdescarottes]

Merci pour cette vidéo très utile !

[@hijackbyejack1729]

perfekt video som vanlig :)

[@Zeworkicz]

Niin hyödyllinen ja mielenkiintoinen video, kiitos!

[@aspirate2495-qh4zc]

Thank you!!

[@withme5761]

thank you soooo much

[@pierpaoloabbruzzese8914]

Beautiful interview :)

[@breadsalmon]

hi ! :) i recently started learning norwegian, do you know of any good resources for learning? like podcasts, apps, websites etc for english or spanish speakers

[@norwegian.withilys]

hi! I give a lot of ressources on the video where I explain how I learnt Norwegian (here on this channel), and I also have some videos where I share websites and other ressources on Instagram!:)

[@Jorge_i_Norge]

Tussen takk

[@234i9]

Moreso than just the language - this video and your entire "utstrålning" (in english...aura? or?) has gotten very norwegian here, if that makes sense. Its impressive.

[@dilanelysium5118]

Is there a way to get a full transcript of this video? It'd be perfect to listen to on a loop.

[@norwegian.withilys]

Hi! I'm not sure how to get a transcript without spending another 15 hours on it haha, I'll try to figure that out for the next videos:)

[@ragnarkisten]

Har du tatt på deg varme strømpebukser nå da?

[@vincepog5175]

ANGERS !!!!!

[@robertniebieski]

Jeg er en baby på norsk, men jeg syns at på 5:07 hun skulle ha brukt "da jeg hom" i stedet for "når jeg kom". Ikke sant?

[@kwowo]

Det stemmer. Mange nordmenn bruker "feil" ord her.

[@norwegian.withilys]

Ja, det er helt riktig! De fleste nordmenn jeg kjenner bruker "når" hele tiden, selv om de egentlig burde bruke "da":)

[@robertniebieski]

@@norwegian.withilys forstått!

[@angelitademint4283]

P r o m o S M

[@eckligt]

I think you mistranslated "oppegående". It does not mean "upbeat" as you wrote in the subtitles, but rather "intelligent" or "mentally adequate".

[@killzyy7]

i can understand danish and i swear to god norwegian and swedish sound so silly

[@666sdkfz]

My oh my... which planet are you from ? Danish sounds like a potato has been stuck in the throat ! 🙃

[@killzyy7]

@@666sdkfz idk danish sounds normal to me after getting used to it

[@666sdkfz]

@@killzyy7 Well, I guess nearly everything can be normalized ...even danish ! Cheers from a "silly" sounding norwegian 😏

[@norwegian.withilys]

Thank you so much for this comment that is helping everyone..! I will only post about Norwegian on this channel, so if you don't like this language, you're not gonna enjoy my videos..:)

[@seagull4800]

i'm always happy to help teachers grow their channels. thank you for sharing your knowledge, don't give up, we gonna get his lovely person to 20k sub in no time if you guys are just watching her, absorbing her knowledge, and not liking and subscribing to her, to niflheim with you okay, she support us, support her too