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Today we will talk about the verb "should" in Swiss German.  Was söll i mache? ich söll I should du söllsch you should er söll he should si söll she should mir söled we should ir söled you should si söled they should D Chind vo mine Nochbere sind sehr luut. My neighbors' kids are very loud. Si schpiled di ganz Ziit im Garte. They play in the garden all the time. Si schreied, si schpiled. They shout, they play. Wiso schpiled si nid eifach mit irne Händys und sind ruig? Why don’t they just play with their phones and keep quiet? Söll i de Polizei aalüüte? Should I call the police? Söll i mit mine Nochtere rede? Should I talk to the neighbors? Söll i eifach e Notitz schriibe und si i ire Briefchaschte rüere? Should I write a note for them and throw it in their letterbox? Was söll i mache? What should I do? De Paul het gseit ich söll Oropax i d Ohre tue. Paul said I should put earplugs in my ears. D Susann het gseit ich söll nid so zimperlich si und de Chind ire Schpass gönne. Suzanne said I should not be so fussy about the kids having fun. S Nochbers hend gseit, dass iri Chind s Rächt hend Chind z sii. The neighbors said, that their children have the right to be children. Wenn mir das nid passi, söll i uf de Mond go wohne. When this doesn’t suit me, I should go and live on the moon. De Herr Dokter het gseit, ich söll mit ine go schpile. The doctor said I should go and play with them. Das würd mir guet tue. This would do me good. Mine Sohn het gseit, ich chöni jo uf de Fridhof go wohne, wenn mir s Läbe z luut sig. My son said I could go and live on the graveyard when life is too loud for me. Mini Tochter het gseit, ich söll si froge, öb si nid chönnted e Schtund lang chli ruiger sii, wenn ich miis Mittagsschlöfli mache. My daughter said I shall ask them whether they could be a bit quieter for an hour when I have my afternoon nap. Uf jede Fall isch es wichtig, dass mer ruig mitenand redt und endand zuelost. In any case it’s important, that one talks quietly with each other and listens to each other. Today we will learn to ask simple questions. You will learn how to ask "how far..." in Swiss German. Since Switzerland is a small country everything is very close or a stone's throw away (Chatzeschprung) I hope you will find the phrases useful and will be able to use them in every day conversations with Swiss people. Enjoy the lesson.  Das isch nur e Chatzeschprung. Wie wiit isch es bis uf Friburg? How far is it to Fribourg? Das isch nur e Chatzeschprung. This is only a stone’s throw away. Mit em Zug bisch i-n-ere Halbschtund det. With the train you’ll be there in half an hour. Wie wiit isch es no bis zu de Badi? How far is it still to the outdoor pool? Das isch nur es Chatzeschprüngli! This is only a small stone’s throw away. Si isch grad do um de Egge. It is right around the corner here. Entschuldigung, wie wiit isch es no bis zum nöchschte Beizli? Sorry, how far is it still to the next pub? Oj, do münd Si no chli Geduld ha. Oh, you have to be patient here. Z Fuess isch es sicher no e Schtund. On foot it is surely still one hour. Oje. Ich ha ghofft, dass es nur no e Chatzeschprung isch. Oh, I hoped that it would be only a stone’s throw away. Ich bruuche e Pause und öppis z trinke. I need a break and something to drink. Wie wiit hesch vo dir bis zu diinere Fründin? How far is it from your place to your girlfriend’s? Das isch zum Glück nur e Chatzeschrung. Luckily this is only a stones throw. So chö-mer üs jede Tag träffe. So we can meet each other every day. Chunsch no schnäll uf e Schprung ine? Do you quickly come in “for a jump”? (short stay) Ich ha no chli Chueche vo Geschter und es wär nid guet, wenn i dä würd elei fertig ässe. I still have some cake from yesterday and it wouldn’t be good, when I would finish eating it on my own. Jo gärn, aber würklich nur churz. Mine Zug fahrt i 40 Minute. Yes please, but really very short. My train goes in 40 min. And now listen to the recording and repeat :) I de Virtuelle Realität
In virtual reality Du hesch sicher scho ghört, wie das isch, wenn mer i-n-e virtuelli Realität iitoucht. Surely you have already heard how it is when you dive into virtual reality. Ich ha das jetz ändlich wölle am eigete Liib erfahre. Now I finally wanted to experience that myself. Bevor mer i Ruum ine goht, mues mer sich e schpezielli Brülle uufsetze. Before you go into the room, you have to put on special glasses. A dem Ort, wo-n-ich gsi bi, het mer au Sensore a d Händ und d Füess übercho. In this place, we also got sensors for our hands and feet. Also taucht mer mit em ganze Körper i die virtuelli Realität ii. So you dive into this virtual reality with your whole body. Wo-n-i mich mit minere Brülle aagluegt ha, ha-n-mi im Aschtronaute-Aazug gseh. When I looked at me with my special glasses, I saw myself in an astronaut suit. Au mini Tochter und mine Änkel hend sich i Aschtronaute verwandlet. My daughter and my grandson were changed into astronauts too. Plötzlich si-mer uf emene andere Planet gsi und hend det müsse e Schatz finde. Suddenly we were on another planet and had to find a treasure there. Underwägs het s e Muur gha und hinder de Muur isch es 100m wiit abe gange. On the way, there was a wall and behind that wall, it went down for about 100m. Denn si-mer wie uf enere Krete gloffe. Then we walked on a mountain ridge. Dä Wäg isch so realistisch gsi. This way was so realistic. Mer het Angscht, dass mer abe gheit, wenn mer e Schritt näbe de Wäg macht. One was afraid, that one falls down when one makes a step next to the path. Theoretisch weiss mer natürlich, dass mer sicher isch und dass näbe dra eifach e Teppich isch. Theoretically one knows, of course, that one is secure and that next to the path is just a carpet. Das het aber mini Gfühl nid beruigt. But this didn’t calm my feelings. Realität und Virtualität isch so vermischt. Reality and Virtuality were so mixed. Im Ruum het s es reells Brätt gha. In this room was a real board. Also het mini Tochter s Brätt gnoh und über de Abgrund gleit, dass mir chönd über s Brätt uf di anderi Siite laufe. So my daughter took it and put it across a huge abyss, in order for us to go over the board to the other side. So he-mer schlussändlich de Schatz gfunde. So we finally found the treasure. Underwägs he-mer e-n-ächte Chrueg gha. On the way, we got a real jug. Und denn he-mer Wasser us em Jungbrunne gschöpft. And then we scooped water out of a fountain of youth. Das Wasser isch virtuell gsi, aber mer het gseh, wie s im Chrueg inne isch. The water was virtual, but one could see, how it is in the jug. Mini Tochter isch scho einisch mit irne Kolleginne für es Tiimbildigs-Event det gsi. My daughter already was there with her colleagues from work for a teambuilding event. Si het das super gfunde. She thought it was great. Das mol isch si d Scheffin gsi und het üs gfühert. This time she was the boss and lead us. Wenn mer aber z vil falsch macht und nid weiss, was mer mues mache, denn chunt mer Aawiisige vo-mene Techniker über. But when one does too many things wrong and doesn’t know what to do, then one gets instructions from a technician. Er mues üs i dere virtuelle Wält beobachtet ha. He must have observed us from somewhere in our virtual world. Einisch het mini Tochter öppis falsch gmacht. Once my daughter made something wrong. Si het e Fackle i de Hand gha und de Techniker het ire Inschtruktione gäh, wie mer die cha aazünde. She had a torch in her hand and the technician gave her instructions, how to enlight it. Es git sicher Lüüt, wo mängisch verwirrt sind i dere Wält. There are certain people, who are sometimes confused in this world. Oder es git Lüüt, wo entgäge de Aawiisige de Wäg verlönd und denn plötzlich i-n-e Wand ine laufed. Or there are people who leave the path in contrary to the instructions and suddenly they walk into a wall. Ich ha das Erläbnis als sehr uufregend empfunde. I found this experience very exciting. Es isch für mich scho immer schwirig gsi, am Abgrund z laufe. For me it was always difficult to walk along an abyss. Und das isch virtuell au nid andersch gsi. This didn’t change just because it was virtual. Au wenn i theoretisch gwüsst ha, dass es e virtuelli Realität isch. Even though I knew theoretically that this was just a virtual reality. |
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