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What does 'moja på tvoja' mean, and what language is it?

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Moya på tvoja was an old greeting in the Russian-Norwegian pidgin language used a good 100 years ago during the coastal trade, where Russian traders brought life-saving corn (traded against fish) to the people in northern Norway.


link http://boknakaran.agane.com/mojatvoja.php3

Dec 04 2007, 11:30 PM
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Since I am Norwegian I may help you: Literally 'Moja på tvoja' means 'my in your', 'mine in yours', 'mine on yours'.
Which is supposed to mean: Hellow my friend. Now I am with you, I speak your language, we have something in common. Now we will be friends and make business and drink vodka.
Or something like that.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russenorsk

Dec 05 2007, 8:55 AM
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As I once heard before...."There is the Right way, the Wrong way and the Norwegian way" to get something done.

Dec 05 2007, 8:36 PM
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