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a-ha - the three most boring human
beings ever are norwegians (and in the same band!)
alt - everything
anmeldelse - usually something rather unpleasant that can happen in
circumstances involving the police,
but it can also refer to a review of a record or other stuff
av - off
avdeling – department, sector
avvik fra overstående trylleformular er angitt under sangtitler –
differences to what’s listed above is described under songtitles
barnekor – childrens choir
barnestemme – child-vocal
blomster – flowers
blå – blue
del – part
div.art. (diverse artister) – var. art. (various
artists)
elskling - dear, sweetheart,
darling, baby, lover, sweet, honey
fiolin – fiddle, viola
foto - photo
fløyte – flute
fra – from
førstehåndsinfo – first hand info
gris gris - pig pig
gruppen – group (as in Ltd., Inc., GmbH., etc)
helter – heroes
helvete - hell
hjemmeside – home page
høyre – right (side)
ikke utgitt – not released
innspilt – recorded
kassett – music cassette
kassettkompilasjon – sampler on cassette
kjernekarer – respected (gentle)men, as in ”good
old…”
konserter - live gigs
kor – background vocals
lyd – sound
lydmurerne – “soundbrickers” ~ wall of sound makers ~ iron
curtain wallish
låt – song, track
låtlaging – songwriting
mandolin - not a banjo
mener – thinks (opinions, view of things)
min - mine, my
noen – some
nummerert (nr) – numbered (no)
ny – new
og - and
oppdateringer – updates
opplag – edition
orgel – organ, keyboards
perfekt harmoni - perfect
harmony
perk., perkusjon – percussion
permanent hårføner - links
plater – records
poeng – points
pupp - tit
på – on
rauschunterdruckungsverfahren
resultater – results
rød – red
røster – voices (here: male choir)
rå - raw
samle-cd – various artist-cd, or collection/best of
sammen for livet ~ together for life; for the sake of life
(this was also the title of the awful
norwegian ”do they know it’s christmastime”/
live aid-song
that traumatized our lives in the mid-80’s)
sang – vocal, or song
skive – record, cd
skrevet av – written by
sier - says
slagverk – drums
snedig – handy
spor – track
stor – large, huge, big
strikk – rubberband
tangenter – keyboards, organ
tekster – lyrics
takk – thanks
tilbake til – back to
trampeorgel – pumporgan (?)
trekkspill – accordion
trommer – drums
tuba - very big instrument to
blow into. I gave up at the age of eleven
ubrukt – not used
ukas hjernevask – the weekly brainwash
utgitt – released
uutgitt – not released
vanlig – ordinary
venstre – left (side)
æeleimæ - I'm sorry
ægirfaen - fuck all
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and many words are just what they seem:
gitar – guitar,
produsert – produced,
and so on.
by now you should be
able to speak and read a fluent norwegian, just like that!
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