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| Killian Newbie Italy Joined 6136 days ago 23 posts - 27 votes Speaks: Italian* Studies: German | Message 1 of 11 14 March 2010 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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hi, i am studying German, at the moment i am at beginning (well, quite near to lesson 30) of the Assimil course. In about 2 or 3 months i would like to go for a short trip to a place where German is the mother language, just to try to "survive" with it :P
There are regions where the language is more close to "standard" language? Germany or Austria is the same, but i don't want a place where people speak a "different" German than "standard", or at least not too far. Edited by Killian on 14 March 2010 at 4:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 2 of 11 14 March 2010 at 5:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have a friend that is currently in Switzerland, she said they mostly speak a different dialect in comparison to "Standard German" She said they use different verbs for things etc.
I would suggest Germany or Austria? :D (original I know) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5484 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 11 14 March 2010 at 5:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well regardless of who you speak to in Switzerland they speak standard German. Now
what Jordan said is true, you have a few different words, but I think that it is more technical terms rather than using different verbs for the same action. There may be a few cases of that, but I think it is from when people use dialect sprinkled in with their standard. However if you meet a Swiss person who speaks standard German they will know to speak the purest standard they can manage, although there is a definite accent. Essentially, every German speaker you meet will be able to speak standard, although the purity or the fluency with which they speak it will vary from person to person. Edited by ruskivyetr on 14 March 2010 at 5:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6442 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 4 of 11 14 March 2010 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
The German speakers in Switzerland tend to be able to speak high German, but there are quite a lot of people in Switzerland who speak no variety of German whatsoever. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6473 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 5 of 11 14 March 2010 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For many people in Switzerland, Austria or Germany, especially the extreme south or north
of Germany, Standard German is something they have to make an effort to speak. On the other hand, the big cities tend to speak Standard German natively as a result of having people from many places come together (except for Cologne and Munich). As long as you're going to a big city, you should be fine. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5738 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 11 15 March 2010 at 12:06am | IP Logged | |||||
The only thing I'd like to add here is that even though most people are quite capable of speaking High German, they might have accents which might be rather hard to understand. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5484 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 7 of 11 15 March 2010 at 1:34am | IP Logged | |||||
They don't speak Standard German natively in Cologne??? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5850 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 11 15 March 2010 at 8:25am | IP Logged | |||||
There are many people speaking a dialect which is called "Kölsch". But don't worry, with foreigners they will speak standard German. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 15 March 2010 at 8:27am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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