Hello.
I'm Romina and this is my friend Mimi.
-She is from Switzerland. -Hi everyone.
She is going to be teaching me
-the language of her people. -Aha.
-Which is Swiss.
-Swiss German. -Swiss German, yeah.
I am going to try to pronounce all these words
and guess what they mean.
-Not quite. -Ok, one more time.
Yeah.
-Yeah. -Okay, and I know what it is.
I mean I want to say that there...
It's more something you need to do than something you have.
-Cleaning? -No.
You can do it in your house.
You can do it anywhere basically.
Freedom!
-Homework. -Yes.
-That was lame. -That was...
So, I'm doing homework.
Alright, I'm not gonna try that.
This is all one word.
Yeah, I mean it's it's kind of like one word but made out of two words.
I'm gonna start saying it like this now.
We Swiss people, we are very
Oh, okay.
Oh wow, so it's...
Wait what?
It's like alien.
Just like a class of like a ten year olds and they're all those like.
-It has to do with the holiday season. .Okay.
-It's a christmas tree. -No.
Holiday, okay, it's a type of food? Yes.
-Is it like fig, pudding? -No.
-What... -What.
What else do you have for like holyday I don't know
-Hot chocolate! -No!
-You don't have to yell. -Hot chocolate.
-Alright, I'm done. -Alright.
-So, it's ginger bread. -Of course, gingerbread.
What about gingerbread man, like you have gingerbread man?
-No, we don't do the man. -Oh.
-Yeah. -That's a little sad though.
-A little man with like his little arms. -Yeah, but we don't bite their heads off.
-So I guess you know. -Oh, it's gonna be like that, gonna like that.
-It's got an S in front of it. -Yeah.
So, I'm gonna say it doesn't have the...
-You're so close.
That means something else.
Almost.
It's pronounced...
Ok, that decides not almost.
Yes, almost.
The thing is when you have like an N and an L
it can't sound like...
-That's an N? -Yeah.
-I thought it was an H, -Oh, sorry.
-Get out, just leave. -I'm just gonna go.
I'm proud of you you're a good student.
-Is this hot chocolate? -No?
-It's not a food. -Oh, an activity, okay, okay, okay.
-Sledding. -No.
-Snowboarding. -No.
-Skiing. -No.
-But it has to do with that kind of weather. -Those are all the winter sports I know.
Yeah but think harder than snow.
-Water? -Yeah, in a certain form.
-Snow? -The other one.
-Ice. -Yeah.
-Ice skating. -Yes.
Yes.
Yes, that's good.
-I'm fluent. -Yes, now you're Swiss.
It sounds like a toy, like...
It's not a toy but it is for playing.
-Swing? -Yes.
Stop, how did you know that?
-Wow. -That was your best word yet.
It was just a lucky guess and I'm gonna go play the lottery.
That one looks so like aggressive to me.
That's really close actually.
-Is there any like throat action that I should be... -It's a little bit more... yeah.
Yeah, I mean it's close.
Yes.
Okay I'm gonna say that means stupid because it sounds like it.
You stupid.
It's a person with a type of behavior.
I guess the person itself is just,
no, it's not, you cannot say it's bad or good it's just...
-Should I tell you? -Hey just say it.
-Alright, it's a couch potato. -Oh.
Oh, there's way too many A's in that.
Yes, that's good.
It's pronounced...
Yes, girl.
-Okay, when I say something... -Yeah.
you could say that to me.
-I don't agree. -No.
Oh, so it's not like a sentence.
-The word itself... -Yeah.
is nonsense.
That's so obscure.
If you were just like in a casual conversation
is that something that you might just throw out like just the word
-and be like... you know, like that. -Yeah.
I mean to be fair, young people usually don't use that word that much anymore.
So then if I want to be cool then I shouldn't say that word.
No, you shouldn't.
So, let's move on.
Yes, almost.
It sounds like I'm choking.
Yes.
-A car. -No.
You have it in your house, probably more than one.
-A pot. -No.
-A coffee machine. -No.
It's on the floor.
-Tiles? -No.
-Wood. -It stands on the floor.
-Lamps? -No.
You put stuff in it.
I love your face.
-I don't know. -All right it's a trash bin.
Oh, no.
Of course, the thing you put things in it...
-Yes, almost, That's really good actually. -Alright, how do you say it?
Yes, exactly.
Oh, you Swiss girl.
-Food, it's a food, it is cake. -No.
-Apple. -No.
You can prepare them in many different ways
-I mean to be honest... -Potato?
-Yes, yes -Yeah.
Very good, yes. She's done it.
Now let's go get some potatoes.
That is the end of this video.
-How do you think I did? -I think you did very well actually.
-On a scale of like one to ten. -You're about a seven or an eight.
-Wow, okay. -Yes.
-So I'm ready to go this Switzerland. -You are.
What is the difference between like Swiss German and just German from Germany?
There are a lot of words that don't exist in German that are just Swiss German.
Some words are similar but are pronounced differently
or more like a dialect.
We understand Germans, they often don't really understand us.
-In school you would learn the Swiss German... -No.
We learn the German in school and we talk Swiss German like everywhere else.
-Oh. -Yeah.
There is no official Swiss German in writing and grammatic and stuff.
Very interesting. Fact of the day.
Thanks to yours truly and of course Mimi for being in this video.
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-She is obviously super awesome so check her out. -Thank you.
But for now I'm gonna go.
-So, I will see you when I see you, bye! -Bye!
Let's dance in the meantime.
-Alright. -Okay, cool.
-That didn't happen. -Profesional.
-Is that what that word means? -No.
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