PA German Lessons
Pennsylvania German, our real native tongue is sadly fast disappearing from even occasional use in our area. In order to keep the flame dimly lighted, we offer this department.
Mini Lesson #164
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| 1. How do you say “Who swept the room?” in PA German? You would pronounce it VHERE HUT DEE SCHTOOB GA-KERT, and it is written: Wer hot die Schtubb gekehrt? |
| 2. How would you say “She returned the book.”? You would pronounce it SEE HUT’S BUCH ZERICK-GANUMM-MA, and it’s written: Sie hot’s Buch zerickgnumme. |
Mini Lesson #141
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| 1. How do you say “Have a Merry Christmas.” in PA German? You would pronounce it HOP EN HOL LICHER GRISHED DAK, and it is written: Hab en hallicher Grischtdaag. |
| 2. How would you say “That is a pretty Christmas tree.”? You would pronounce it SELL ISS EN SHAY GRISHED-DALK BAUM, and it’s written: Sell is en schee Grischtdaagbaam. |
Mini Lesson #164
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| 1. How do you say “What’s the matter with you?” in PA German? You would pronounce it VAS FELT DEER DEN?, and it is written: Was fehlt dir denn? |
| 2. How would you say “He doesn’t mean it.”? You would pronounce it AIR ZOCKED YUSHED SO, and it’s written: Er saggt yuscht so. |
Mini Lesson #163
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| 1. How do you say “How long did you work?” in PA German? You would pronounce it WEE LUNG HUSHED DEW GA-SHOFFT?, and it is written: Wie lang hoscht du gschafft? |
| 2. How would you say “Three hours.”? You would pronounce it DRY SCHUNNED, and it’s written: Drei Schtund. |
Mini Lesson #150
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| 1. How do you say “Children love to play.” in PA German? You would pronounce it KINNA SPEEL-AH GURN, and it is written: Kinner schpiele gern. |
| 2. How would you say “Pouting doesn’t help.”? You would pronounce it DESS GA-BRUTZ BOT NIX, and it’s written: Des Gebrutz batt nix. |
