I am friends with a guy from Switzerland who is staying with us for three months. He is really fun, but the Swiss German is driving me nuts, and he likes to tease me. I know a bit of German, so I can half understand somethings, and others I am completely clueless! The last straw was a few days ago on his fb when I was lightheartedly complaining about the complexities of Swiss German. He and a friend proceeded to have a conversation through the comments, several of which included my name. I want to know whats going on, so I can catch him! Please help me translate the following phrases (it is only part of the conversation, in order, and names and emoticons have been omitted) into English, I am getting so frustrated without a trusty dictionar y...ch-d üü tsch is so hard!
-versänk ere mou eine im Hingerstübli
-nenei, lieber nid! warte immer no bis du chunsch u dasi di cha uftanke uha
- was meint das Stück! Jagere mou dis Kabu döre Gästeblock
- längi gschicht, nei nei
-dr Domi wörd di gärn iz Födle rammle; souhung, sicher nid
I doubt you'll find a dictionary translating this oh so lovely conversation.
Anyway, I don't know the exact equivalent of these expressions in English but its just a normal why don't you just f*** her/him banter good mates have with each other you know.
Please email me any translation (especially German, because I will be able to decipher that, but preferably English) at the address below, without the spaces, obviously.
Thanks for helping! I have some text that he wrote me, that he knows I'll never be able to figure out, he thinks it is hilarious that I can't get the Swiss German. Now, I'm afraid to have someone translate it!
This is going to be an on going thing, but maybe I should find a different forum, lol.