Thread: Swiss German to English, please!

Quote: zürihegel What a chance to bring this thread on top again I don't agree - "Swiss German" (to be correct: Alemannic) and High German are two independant languages, one only has little to do with the other. Which has been said here about a zillion of times. For business use or in order to read books and newspapers, you might be correct. If you however want to integrate into the Swiss society, Alemannic is an...

Quote: robertawelsh Thanks guys, those are great : ) Yeah, I still live in England (unfortunately...) but I spent a few weeks in Switzerland staying with my partner at his family's house this summer. I really didn't learn much Swiss and I c ou ldn't even communicate with his grandmother apart from a mumbled "danke" and " grüezi" here and there! In Swiss German dialect it rather would be...

Quote: Misterbrush To cut a long discussion short: don't bother with Swiss German - unless you are already proficient with High German! What a chance to bring this thread on top again I don't agree - "Swiss German" (to be correct: Alemannic) and High German are two independant languages, one only has little to do with the other. Which has been said here about a zillion of times. For business use or in order to read...

Quote: Dougal's Breakfast Because there isn't a written version of the various dialects that make up Swiss German: There are several! And I'd like to see anyone try to persuade the Baslers, the Bernese, the Zurchers and the Wallisers to come together to agree on anything pertaining to a standard language. Let alone the half-savage inhabitants of cantons Schwyz and Uri... Book lernin' aint evrythin', you know! Maybe...

Quote: Mélusine I would second that. As a native French speaker, when I read your message I thought I was confronted to a production of google translator. I could more or less understand the meaning, but the whole structure and preposition system was quite strange. So this is probably what causes the misunderstandings, and not a problem of Swiss/French accent. That being said, you're not a native speaker and you're learning, so...

That sounds like a plan!!! Thank you I will try that!!! Best Regards, Wayne L.

Quote: tomcat Makes a lot of sense actually. Other (insurance) contracts of the family. Hence the question for policy number. OK, now it does ,why then ask "other insurance contracts of the family"

Canadian French is very close to 17th century French spoken in France. The immigrants were linguistically isolated in Canada for almost 2 centuries, as a result it kept a certain purity, while the French spoken in France continued to evolve with numerous immigrations/wars, rise and fall of monarchies, colonies etc Quote: HashBrown Quebecois French is supposedly that of the French aristocracy before the revolution. To the poster who keeps...

Old? Lady? This is age and gender discrimination.

Quote: Nicky what age is 'old'? Screwed the pooch there! Perhaps create a new user name, come back in a few weeks and ask for a "distinguished British lady".