TipTopSwiss366: greetings

Monday, 6 February 2012

TipTopSwiss 37:366

A bird carved into a (dead!) tree - rather pretty.

Ich habe ein Häppchen vor dem Schläfen (oder ein Betthupferl) gegessen. I've had a goodnight snack (cornflakes!) or as they'd say here, Bettmümpfäli and am ridiculously tired so... Gute Nacht! Guäts Nachtli! Schlof guät!

Friday, 20 January 2012

TipTopSwiss 20:366

Strictly speaking I didn't take this picture today (it was rainy and windy) but I've been saving it as I'd already posted the day I took it and it tickled me.
A little man on a cherry picker pruning a tree with a pair of secateurs. In England, he'd be using a chainsaw and cutting off whole branches if not the whole tree. Here it was individual twigs.

Today's German words / phrases are greetings. Don't forget, the Germab is in bold and the Swiss German in red.
guten Morgen - guete Morge - Good morning
guten Tag / Nachmittag- guete Namittag - Good afternoon
guten Abend - guete-n-Obig - Good evening

Lisibo's 2012 challenge

This blog is my 2012 challenge - post a photograph of the something Swiss, and share a word or two in one of the languages of Switzerland every day for a year.

This follows on from Window on my world 365 my 2011 challenge to photograph the view of / from a window each day, and Trees365 my 2010 challenge to post a photograph of a tree.

And if you want to follow my family's first steps as we settle in Switzerland, you might like to see SwissMiss-Adventures.

My professional blog is called ¡Vámonos! and looks at teaching and learning in the 21st century, with a particular focus on primary language learning, creativity and the use of technology.