Lexicon
formatting:
- swiss german word [notes on grammar, gender and such] — english translations {english description e.g. "plural marker"}
variants based on phonetic considerations / variant spellings are given in brackets, e.g. "a(n)" — a {indefinite article}
- ds — {locative marker}
- dr, d, ds — {direct article}
- Australia — australia
- viel — many, much
- Büteltiar, Büteltiar — marsupial
- wi(e)terhin — furthermore
- andera, anderi, ander(e)s — another, others, different
- art [singular, f.], arta(na) [plural] — kind of (a thingie), species
- döt(a) — there, over there
- as het — there are
ha [pretty irregular verb] — to have (see tables) {both the auxiliary and ordinary verb}
| i han | i have |
| du hesch | you have |
| as het | it has |
| miar hen(d) | we have |
| iar hen(d) | you have |
| si hen(d) | they have |
|
Grammar
The prototypical, present tense transitive sentence looks like this:
| agent | verb | patient | |
| dAlice | haut | drBob | (mitera Fläscha) |
| Alice | hits | Bob | with a bottle |
| Alice | hit | Bob | with a bottle |
It is quite common to merge words, usually an alternation of vovels and consonants is preferred, the vovels are kinda optional
All plural nouns have feminine gender
adjectives come before the noun
adjectives receive various endings based on number and gender of nouns they specify
nouns begin with a capital (although that is very inconsistent in colloquial communication)
|