GRAMMAR

In terms of sentence wide word order, Swiss German is very much like other Germanic languages:

• In subordinate clauses, the predicate (verb) is final
• In main clauses, the predictate is split up: the conjugated part comes in second position, the rest at the end
  • The first position may be filled with a noun phrase ("the man", "you"), an adverb or a subordinate clause

In noun phrases, the noun generally comes at the end, preceded by adjectives, possessors or articles and prepositions. However, in this text, the postposition "hi" occurs, which follows the noun phrase.

Nouns appear in three noun classes: Masculine, Neuter and Feminine. These demand the use of different forms on adjectives, possessives and articles modifying them. The noun classes are only distinguished in the singular.

Nouns have different plural forms. The plural forms of the nouns in the lexicon are, in order: Auga, Flügl, Landschafta, Universa, Welta

Nouns and pronouns also appear in different grammatical cases. For nouns and things modifying them, there are only two cases: a nominative/accusative case and a dative case. In pronouns, however, nominative and accusative remain distinct, so there are three cases there.

The pronouns occuring in the text take the following forms:

The pronoun "i" often attaches to the word preceding it if it's unstressed. In this case, preceding consonants are geminated (doubled). If the preceding word ends in a vowel, an -n- is inserted. (While other pronouns undergo similar processes, these don't occur in the text and will be ignored here)

The indefinite article takes the following forms:

The definite article takes the following forms:

"da" is used after prepositions, "dr" elsewhere
"d'" is used when directly preceding the noun, "dia" elsewhere

The possessive adjectives "mis" and "dis" inflect as follows:

Verbs can be subdivided into four classes: thematic, athematic, modal and irregular. These classes determine the endings a verb takes on.
Verbs inflect for person, number and to some extent for tense/aspect/mood (mostly mood). Only a single non-indicative form occurs in this text: the irrealis. The irrealis is roughly used like "would X" in English, though it has other uses (such as for conditional statements). No inflection for tense/aspect other than the present simple occurs in the text. The present simple is rather vague in meaning and is probably best described as a generic non-past tense.
To inflect a verb, take off the infinitive ending -a (on thematic and modal verbs) and add the appropriate endings. Athematic verbs don't have an infinitive ending, so just add the endings right away. There are three distinct endings for the singular persons, and a single ending for all plural persons.
When inflecting a verb, the stressed (first) vowel may change. This is somewhat unpredictable, but the infinitve is always identical to the plural forms.