Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch? -- Dialekte

Ob NORD oder SUED, OST oder WEST...WO WIRD ES SO GESAGT???

Klicke oben, um ueber Dialekten zu lernen!
Check out the language maps for various familiar terms.

Schwabische Dialekt -- Ha-ha!

So könnte Obama sprechen, wäre er im Schwarzwald geboren ..



Verstanden?  Er spricht von einem ganz lustigen Verbot.  Ist nur lustig gemeint.
Habt ihr etwas davon verstanden?

Hier etwa ist der Text am Anfang:

Danke liebe Miteigentümer (coop-resident owners, along with me),

fürs Erscheine (for attending), heut middag hier, zur alljährlichen (annual)
Eigentümervollversammlung des Wohnblocks (meeting of the residents in  ... this neighbor-block) Willhelm-Straße 48. Danke.

Was mii echt nervt isch des Thema: Fahrräder abstelle im Hausgang.
(What my biggest gripe ist ....  bikes that are parked in the front hallway.)

Bei uns stellt jeder Dackel grad wies ihm passt sein Drahtesel innen Hausgang nei!
(Where we live, every single dachshund sets his wired donkey wherever it pleases him -- just inside the front entrance)

TROTZ VERBOTSSCHILD!
(Despite the Forbidden sign!)

Und die ällermeischte sind so roschtiche Gäbbel mit Granatemäßig dreckige Roife. SAUEREI! 
(Not to mention that most of them have such rusty handlebard and granite-heavy, filthy tires.  Filthy!)

 

Germany's Southwestern dialect: Alemanisch

Listen to the many sounds of Alemanisch provided by the Muettersproch Gsellschaft!

HIER IST A VERY COOL LINK TO HOW 14 SENTENCES ARE PRONOUNCED FROM FREIBURG IN SOUTHERN BADEN WÜRTEMBERG TO NW SWITZERLAND 
(the regions for the sources for both the Rhein and Donau rivers).

Here are the English versions of the sentences they share with us:

1.  Here we can also speak Alemanisch.
2.  It's starting to rain.
3.  Come on down, there's someone here.
4.  You mustn't believe everything that people say.
5.  There over the narrow creek is a tall tree.
6.  You've added to little salt to the potatoes. They're completely .....
7.  I'm going apple-picking.
8.  Come here. There are blueberries and raspberries.
9.  The cellar is dark, but the floor is dry.
10.  We eat corn salad and red cabbage with a fork.
11.  They celebrated the parish fair like a wedding.
12.  You should leave her alone.
13.  In the little room are flowers which should be watered.
14.  Don't be so curious.  You'll be able to see it a thousand times.

Understanding Dialects: Let's Start by exploring dialects in the USA!

Joshua Katz at NC State has put together dialect maps in the USA.

On his website, you can learn where you best fit in as an English speaker.  (I found it interesting.)

A link at the top of this site 
JOSHUA KATZ MAPS USA DIALECTS
brings you to 122 questions from a Harvard study on pronunciation, the results of which are illustrated by Katz.

HERE'S THE LINK TO THE NEW SURVEY OF DIALECTS

One surprise for me was to learn that several phrases I thought I'd picked up north of Boston were attributed primarily to speakers in Madison Wisconsin. 

NKHS Graduate Learns Arabic and MORE!

Wer will Sprachen lernen?  Und welche Sprachen sollen gelernt werden?  Hier ist eine Antwort, die von Jojo:

Hey "NK"! *

Everything in Morocco is going really well! Arabic is so incredibly difficult, but my teacher is great. We don't speak any English in class (if we do, we have to do pushups), so I'm picking it up quickly, but it's still pretty frustrating at times. I don't really have the same familiarity with Arabic that I do for Spanish, and my ear isn't trained to hear what sounds right and what sounds wrong, so it's a lot more work. The grammar is insane. There are more than 12 different plural patterns, excluding the duals. I study classical Arabic (which is what all literature, news, and most Arab governments are conducted in) in school and attempt to speak Darija (the colloquial Moroccan dialect) with my host family. So I'm basically learning two separate languages and it would take years to become really fluent in them, but I'm still enjoying it lots. 

Plus, the other kids in my class (there are only 5 of us) are some of the smartest kids I've met and they're all passionate about learning languages. So I guess you could say it's been a humbling experience, which is definitely something I needed before college/in life in general, and I'm actually enjoying it. However my Spanish is probably going to suffer some.

My host family is the best. I have three sisters and a little brother who's 6 years old and adorable/insane/obsessed with Karate. A few weekends ago we celebrated Eid Kiber, a big Islamic holiday during which each family sacrifices a ram, so I got to experience that. I've also been hiking in the Atlas Mountains, saw the largest mosque in Africa, visited Casablanca, started studying calligraphy, am working to get certified to teach English as a foreign language, and leaving this thursday for a week long excursion to the Sahara. 

I had my doubts about taking a year off at first, but it has absolutely been worth it. I wanted to thank you* so much for pushing me to excel in your classes, teaching me how to learn another language has been so important to me through this process.

I will write again in a few months to update you on my progress!

Jojo C.

* Vielen DANK, Herr L., mir diesen tollen Brief hier im Blog zu erlauben.