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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4862 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 1 of 9 18 June 2012 at 12:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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If it comes to me:
black treacle: Arctic Monkeys - Black Treacle self-indulgence: Evanescence - Everybody's Fool jet-lag: Mikeyla - The Lie Arsch: Uhm, guess :P verjamem: Eva Boto - Verjamem štikla: Severina – Moja štikla (Eurovision seems to be great for such things :D) прогулка: Zемфира - Прогулка بهار: سپیده - بهار And so on, and so on... Of course some of them I knew before, but the real memorizing was a merit of these songs. Edited by prz_ on 18 June 2012 at 12:10pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4775 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 2 of 9 18 June 2012 at 1:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Impinge: Hugh Laurie - Little Girl
Ару: Үркер - Арулар Erschießen: Horst-Wessel-Lied (...don't ask) 残酷: 高橋洋子 - 残酷な天使のテーゼ (as well as 神話, 揺りかご, 首筋, 紡ぐ and possibly a couple more; did I mention it's one of my favourite songs of all time?) Forening: Vømmøl Spellmannslag - Høvlerivisa and, of course, many many more. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4669 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 3 of 9 18 June 2012 at 1:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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The word I got from that song by Zemfira was вредитель or saboteur, but I’m not sure of the meaning of that line – “waves of saboteurs” being a reference to “The Matrix” which the song mentioned earlier?
By the way, what does прогулка mean exactly? I had thought it meant something like taking a walk, but now I see that прогул means “truancy, loafing”, so a прогулка would be something like “an episode of truancy, a spell of loafing”? Or a female juvenile delinquent? Sorry for thinking out loud here, lyrics in foreign languages are so easy to misunderstand. Zemfira is great though, especially her Kino covers – she channels Viktor Tsoi very well, I think. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4775 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 4 of 9 18 June 2012 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Прогулка does mean "a walk, a stroll". A female truant would be прогульщица and прогул can mean both an episode of truancy and truancy in general, though прогуливание is more common for the latter. Oh, and the primary meaning of вредитель is "pest", and I believe the actual lyric was на "Волгах" вредители - "pests on Volgas".
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4862 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 5 of 9 18 June 2012 at 2:02pm | IP Logged | ||
прогулка - a walk or a ride
In my case it was Liza Li's Ich könnte dich erschießen Oh, another ones: Jag måste kyssa dig and Jag ljuger så bra. Gosh, schlager addicted. Edited by prz_ on 18 June 2012 at 2:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 6 of 9 18 June 2012 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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Plenty. Still amused by the fact that I learned the Spanish for coffin from a footballer's biography (Forlán mentioning Dracula's castle in Romania) and not from some gothic/doom song.
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| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4669 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 7 of 9 19 June 2012 at 4:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks, vonPeterhof. Pests on Volgas instead of waves of saboteurs? Hmm, I'll need to study that one again!
Here are some of mine: les sarbacanes (blowguns): Serge Gainsbourg, “Cargo Culte” various synonyms for body parts: S. Gainsbourg “Vu de l’exterieur” jogada (and other football terms): Jorge Ben, “Fio maravilha” And one from Southeast Asia: ពាក់ peak (to wear certain items of clothing, like shirts): Khmer Surin, “Peak aoy meun del keun doh” Part of សំលៀកបំពាក់ somliek bompeak “clothing”. This song demonstrates why the sounds of Khmer are rather difficult, despite it not having tones. This is a fairly old Khmer song – the boy is teasing the girl by asking her why she always wears the same shirt. Surin is a province in Thailand, and these singers actually are from that country, not Cambodia. The karaoke lyrics are typical for Southeast Asian pop music, very handy for language learning. Cargo Culte Vu de l’exterieur Fio maravilha Peak aoy meun del keun doh Edited by viedums on 19 June 2012 at 4:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4831 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 8 of 9 19 July 2012 at 8:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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It may not have helped me remember any words, but I find:
Die Ärzte - Buddy Holly's Brille (Buddy Holly's Glasses) such a brilliant song title. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4KSa2y0Lg8 1 person has voted this message useful |
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