Learn Bernese for Life
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life. Join me and my Bernese German language helpers for a language lesson in mundart (dialect) and receive essential and practical resources to live your life in Bern Switzerland. As a beginner myself, you will learn with me to introduce yourself, introduce friends, tell time, and function in society, all while speaking Bärndütsch. This podcast is intended to be a tool to help you in your language learning journey of Bärndütsch, a dialect of Swiss German. Come learn German with me in Bern Switzerland.Twitter. Instagram. @acquireforlife Facebook: www.facebook.com/learnbernese
Episodes
23 episodes
10 Ä Böss - Public Transit with Leo in Bern
To celebrate 10 full-length episodes of the Learn Bernese for Life podcast, we get new artwork, new soundtracks, chapter markers, and a transcript of the podcast (coming soon!). In episode 10, Leo is back! We translate anoth...
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09 Introducing yourself with Leo, a Bernese Podcaster
3, 2, 1.... deep breath, okay, you can introduce yourself now. Learn how to say basic things about yourself in Bernese Swiss German at the Novice Low or A1 level. (See the links below for a further description of those levels)....
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8C Police Check Vocabulary
Special thanks to Officer Mike for joining us, and thanks to all the officers at the Kontonspolizei in Bern for serving our community.For more information about these sentences in Bärndütsch, listen to episode #8.To learn about ho...
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07 Little Mouse, Cereal & Bernmobile
What does "little mouse" and "cereal" or "trade" and "shower" have in common? The word pairs sound very similar in Bärndütsch! After discussing strategies to overcome like-sounding words, Simu and I translate cleverly worded adverti...
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6D "What do you like more?"
The skill level for this Bernese Swiss German dialogue is novice-mid. The basic structure of this sentence is useful as you can apply it to many situations in life!Contents:- «Was machsch lieber? Wandere od...
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6C "No, I don't like X"
The skill level for this Bernese Swiss German dialogue is novice-mid. The basic structure of this sentence is useful as you can apply it to many situations in life!Contents:- «Nei, I tue nid gärn Zeichne»
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6B "Yes, I like doing..."
The skill level for this Bernese Swiss German dialogue is novice-mid. The basic structure of this sentence is useful as you can apply it to many situations in life!Contents:- «Ja, I tue gärn Aarebötle.»...
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6A "Do you enjoy..."
The skill level for this Bernese Swiss German dialogue is novice-mid. The basic structure of this sentence is useful as you can apply it to many situations in life!Contents:- «Tuesch du gärn läse?»- ...
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06 Speak about your Hobbies in Switzerland in Bärndütsch
In this episode, Simu suggests I take up joining a knitting club, I embarass myself writing and speaking Bärndütsch, all while speaking Bernese German in Switzerland. The skill level for this task is novice-mid according to the ACTF...
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5B Hobbies in Bern Vocabulary
The skill level for this Bernese Swiss German dialogue is novice-mid.Vocabulary*11. klavier spile (play piano)12. läse (read)13. zeichne (draw)14. male (paint)15. lisme (knit)16. gärtnere ...
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5A Hobbies in Bern Vocabulary
The skill level for this Bernese Swiss German dialogue is novice-mid.Vocabulary*1. snowboardä (snowboard)2. bike (bike)3. aareschwümme (swim in the Aare)4. aarebötle (boat in the Aare)...
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5 Hobbies in Bern Switzerland
From swimming in the Aare river, soccer, playing guitar and.... knitting?!?! In this episode, Simu and I talk about hobbies in Bern Switzerland as we talk about the mundart (dialect) of Bärndütsch. these things and more in this epis...
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4B Numbers from 11 - 20
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.This Bernese Swiss German recording includes numbers from 1 to 10.The level for this recording is novice low.Dialogue - Counting from 1 to 10
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4A Numbers from 1 to 10
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.This Bernese Swiss German recording includes numbers from 1 to 10. The level for this recording is novice low.Dialogue - Counting from 1 ...
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4 Learn your phone number in German
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.In this episode, I walk you through how to learn your phone number in Bernese Swiss German. I share some helpful strategies I've used to learn numbers from 1 to 20, ...
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3B How are you? A Formal Dialogue
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.This Bernese Swiss German dialogue is about greeting people and asking "How are you" in an informal situation.For more information and the structure for this dialog...
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3A How are you? An Informal Dialogue
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.This Bernese Swiss German dialogue is about greeting people and asking "How are you" in an informal situation.For more information and the structure for this dialog...
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3 Introducing Simu and "How are you?" in Mundart
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.In this episode, you meet Simu a Berner from the Swiss countryside. Then together we walk through how to greet and ask "how are you?" in an informal situation with a...
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2 How to Guide - Dialogue recordings
Welcome to Learn Bernese for Life, a resource of Acquire for Life.In this episode, I unpack several strategies for how to use recorded dialogues as tools for language learning. These strategies are based...
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1C Good Evening--Dialogue
This Bernese Swiss German dialogue is about greeting people in the evening in a formal situation.The level for this recording is novice low.Lexicarry #3--AbeGuete AbeGrüessechGuet Nacht
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1B Good Day--Dialogue
Today's Bernese Swiss German dialogue is about greeting people during the day using formal language.The level for this recording is novice low.Lexicarry #2--MittagGuete Tag.GrüssechUf widerlu...
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