Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German with an Infusion of EnglishTrübner, 1872 - 69 pages |
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Page 22
... juscht wii ær drum bloost , Gaar niks f'r iim f'rsichert iss , ær nemmt sei , eegner week , darich ennich rissli geet ær nei , un geet aa ' nuf dii schteek . ... quite nothing is The wind , just listen how it therefore ( an expletive ) ...
... juscht wii ær drum bloost , Gaar niks f'r iim f'rsichert iss , ær nemmt sei , eegner week , darich ennich rissli geet ær nei , un geet aa ' nuf dii schteek . ... quite nothing is The wind , just listen how it therefore ( an expletive ) ...
Page 38
... juscht graad dass wann ich mich fəl heesǝr huldər tee ksəffə het un ' gmikst ' mit ' tænsi ' [ s not as z ] kat- sǝkraut un bebbərmint . ' Selly froke hut mich awer sheer gorly schwitza macha , un ich hob g'feeld yusht grawd das wann ...
... juscht graad dass wann ich mich fəl heesǝr huldər tee ksəffə het un ' gmikst ' mit ' tænsi ' [ s not as z ] kat- sǝkraut un bebbərmint . ' Selly froke hut mich awer sheer gorly schwitza macha , un ich hob g'feeld yusht grawd das wann ...
Page 43
... juscht æt hent diir s gegest s war mich . " 1 the lady - slippers , gold , and pale , with me I homeward brought , and in that garden bed at night I set them when the moon was light . You did not know who it could be , but all at once ...
... juscht æt hent diir s gegest s war mich . " 1 the lady - slippers , gold , and pale , with me I homeward brought , and in that garden bed at night I set them when the moon was light . You did not know who it could be , but all at once ...
Page 47
... Juscht am selle Tag is e ' Gascht a'kumme . Precisely on that day a guest arrived . Mit eme finschtre ' Gesicht . With a dark face . Sacha macha for die Leut . To make things for people . Bsunners especially ; ghat had ; drbei thereby ...
... Juscht am selle Tag is e ' Gascht a'kumme . Precisely on that day a guest arrived . Mit eme finschtre ' Gesicht . With a dark face . Sacha macha for die Leut . To make things for people . Bsunners especially ; ghat had ; drbei thereby ...
Page 50
... juscht hət dii ' Meeri ' so gaar eewich fiil schweschter un briidər , dass als kee , plats f'r uns tswee im haus waar , un in dii scheir geeǝ musstə , wann m'r mit ǝn - annǝr schwetse wəttə . 6 There on the corner lives old ' Abe ...
... juscht hət dii ' Meeri ' so gaar eewich fiil schweschter un briidər , dass als kee , plats f'r uns tswee im haus waar , un in dii scheir geeǝ musstə , wann m'r mit ǝn - annǝr schwetse wəttə . 6 There on the corner lives old ' Abe ...
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A. J. Ellis aawer Alsace Alsatian Austrian Bahn Bavarian biiwli bischt buch called County dær dart dative deet denk dialect dii Mændə dii Meeri Dipthongs Early English Pronunciation Ellis English words eppes example ədər feminine fiil fraa French gans gaul German Genders glottis grammatic gender guut habe hærts Haldeman hätt haus hause hət High German hund idiom isch italics joor juscht kennə kumm kummə Lancaster Lancaster County language letter masculine mool nasal vowels neuter niks nimmi nochbər occur Pennsylvania Dutch Pennsylvania German plural pronounced Radlof Rauch recht reich Roman type rootǝ wei rother schtee schun selli sonant South German speak speech spelling Suab Suabian surd Swiss Swisserland syllable trink tseit wær wært Westerwald Wii kummt zaum Ziegler
Popular passages
Page 28 - Nachbor sein whiet abscheulich gedamatecbl." (My stallion jumped over the fence and horribly damaged my neighbor's wheat.) This example is probably spurious and a joke, because PG.