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Check out Omar's new car. The brother must be makin'bank.

05:14 Mar 23, 2005
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English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Check out Omar's new car. The brother must be makin'bank.
"Be makin'bank" = to earn a lot of money for the work that you do.
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4Se på den nye bilen til Omar. Broren hans må være stinn av gryn.
Per Riise (X)


  

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check out omar's new car. the brother must be makin'bank.
Se på den nye bilen til Omar. Broren hans må være stinn av gryn.


Explanation:
Very vernacular :-).

Per Riise (X)
Norway
Local time: 17:20
Native speaker of: Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Per Bergvall: Tviler på at dette handler om broren hans - 'the brother' betyr egentlig bare 'the African American' slik jeg leser det her. En upassende oversettelse kunne være "Svartingen må være stinn av gryn".
2 hrs
  -> Det har du selvføgelig helt rett i, Per.
disagree  Astrid Waatland: Enig med Per her. Hadde det vært broren til Omar, ville det nok også stått "his brother" i dette tilfellet. "The brother" refererer tilbake til Omar - som da, som Per sier, er slang for "African American", men også brukes mer generelt.
5 hrs
agree  Mari Noller
1 day 16 hrs
agree  Roald Toskedal: Enig med Per og Astrid.
3 days 4 hrs
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