Hoi Your Swiss German survival guide

by Nicole Egger, Nicole Egger

With 'Hoi', you'll learn to express your feelings and opinions, shop and meet people - all in Swiss German. You'll find the formulations you need to enjoy Swiss social life or engage in sports and outdoor activities. And you'll discover lots of handy phrases for small talk, eating out, making telephone calls, getting and giving help in an emergency, and other day-to-day language needs. 'Hoi' includes over 2000 words and phrases. They're derived primarily from the dialect spoken in the Zurich region, which is understood throughout the Swiss German-speaking part of the country. 'Hoi' is chock-full o encouragement for you to get a grip on the expressions you'll need if you're to enjoy your time in Switzerland and feel at home here. 'Hoi' includes an English to Swiss German and a Swiss German to English dictionary.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

168 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2005

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for common phrases and terms. It's set up in a way that makes it easy to retain the information, especially through all the hand crafted cartoons and drawings.

[mairywo · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my opinion the best book out there if you want to or need to learn some Swiss German. Be warned though, it's all in the dialect of Zurich.