Somewhere, people were wondering about the lyrics to Sigriswill. There are some English words and phrases, but according to a comment on this blog, the words are mostly in Romansch, a language similar to Latin, that is spoken in Switzerland:
https://jh-nimm.blogspot.com/2020/02/sigriswil-full-ver-kim-kyung-hee-of.html
Does anyone know good sources to learn about grammar of the Romansh language? I would like to find description of the verb conjugation paradigm, as well as maybe information about nouns and adjectives (number categories etc).
I was studying abroad in Geneva before COVID and 100% of my grade this year is based on a research project I'm doing on Switzerland. I'm exploring national unity in a country where the population speaks 4 different languages and now that I'm not in Switzerland any more I'm getting pretty desperate to find Swiss people to tell me about their experiences. If anyone could fill out my survey it would help me enormously! The link to the iSurvey is here: https://www.isurvey.soton.ac.uk/36423 . The iSurvey is in French but I also have the questions written up in a word document in English if anyone would prefer English. Thanks to some other wonderful redditors I've got loads of data from French and Swiss German speakers but I haven't managed to find any Italian or Romansch speakers and their perspectives are super important for my question. Thank you!
Hi r/Switzerland. I'm a native English speaker who also speaks upper intermediate, or perhaps even advanced Italian. I'm from the English part of Canada and while we're officially bilingual, in many regions it's common enough to scarcely encounter French outside of school and product labels. So although I don't speak French, I would've taken the standard 5 years in school and therefore have some degree of foundation in the language. Paired with my knowledge of Italian, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to attain a conversational level in a year or so of studying, optimistically. However I understand that German is a fair bit more common across Switzerland.
So my question is, in order to properly integrate in Switzerland, is it strongly preferable to speak German, or would Italian+French+English be sufficient? By integration I'm referring of course to my own social integration, but more importantly to ensure that I can provide the best life possible for my children in terms of extracurricular activities, social events, etc. I'm aware that this would vary by canton, and while our plans are not yet settled (languages are freaking hard, man, and I don't want to leave it to the last minute) we're looking at opportunities in Basel and ZΓΌrich.
And a related question, are Swiss government officials required to speak all 4 national languages? Or does it vary by canton? I ask because I'm familiar with being an immigrant in Europe and I can't imagine having to wade through the bureaucratic procedures in a language I'm not familiar with.
Recentemente parlavo con una mia amica svizzera ( proviene da una valle italiana del cantone dei Grigioni) e mi diceva che il romansch sta scomparendo in molti comuni a vocazione turistica ( St Moritz, Davos,etc). Io le ho detto che invece il ladino viene protetto in Sudtirolo e in Veneto ( Contina e Fodom). Lei mi ha replicato che ladino e romansch non sono la stessa cosa.
Secondo voi ladino e romansch sono due lingue diverse o varianti di uno stesso idioma? Ho letto che in origine la stessa lingua era parlata da Coira fino a Fodom, ma che gli Asburgo hanno germanizzato forzatamente la Val Venosta nel 500. 500 anni sono abbastanza da far si che ora siano due cose separate?
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
And now Iβm cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But thatβs comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
Ants donβt even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
BamBOO!
Theyβre on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Christopher Walken
Nothing, he was gladiator.
