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Monday, 19 May, 2008
Dinner in five languages
If some foreign nationals are guilty of living in an English-language expat bubble (and some are), it must said that equally some lifelong Swiss citizens shy from crossing the language barriers of their own country. It’s a shame on both counts we think, so ONAIR decided to try to start bridging the gap, over dinner:
| ENGLISH | FRENCH | GERMAN | SWISS-GERMAN | ITALIAN | RUMANTSCH |
| Listen | Listen | Listen | Listen | Listen | Listen |
| Can I make a reservation for tonight? | Est-ce que je peux faire une reservation pour ce soir? | Ich möchte gerne einen Tisch fuer heute Abend reservieren. | Ig möcht gärn e Tisch fuer huet abe reserviere? | Vorrei prenotare un tavolo per stasera? | Jau vuless reservar ina maisa per questa saira. |
| …for tomorrow night? | …pour demain soir? | … fuer morgen Abend reservieren. | …fuer morn am abe reserviere? | …per domani sera? | …per damaun a saira. |
| Do you have a table for two? | Avez-vous une table pour deux? | Haben Sie einen Tisch fuer zwei? | Heit ihr a Tisch fuer zwei? | Avete un tavolo per due? | Avais Vus ina maisa per dus? |
| I’ll have… | J’aimerais avoir… | Ich möchte gerne… haben | Ig möcht gärn…. ha | Vorrei… | Jau vuless avair … |
| chicken / fish | poulet / poisson | gefluegel / fisch | poulet / fisch | pollo / pesce | pulaster / pesch |
| beef / pork / veal | bœuf / porc / veau | rind / schwein / kalb | rind / schweins / chalb | Manzo / maiale / vitello | bov / portg / vadè |
| Do you have any vegetarian options? | Avez-vous des mets vegetariens? | Haben Sie etwas fuer vegetarier? | Heit ihr öppis vegetarischs? | Avete piatti vegetariani? | Avais Vus insatge per vegetaris? |
| red or white wine | vin rouge ou blanc | Rot oder Weisswein | Rot oder wiiss wii | Vino rosso o bianco | vin cotschen u alv |
| beer | biere | bier | bier | birra | biera |
| still or sparkling water | de l’eau plate ou gazeuse | wasser ohne Kohlensäure, mit Kohlensäure | wasser ohni cholesüri, wasser mit cholesüri | acqua naturale o gasata | aua senza acid carbonic u cun acid carbonic |
| tea | té | tee | tee | tè | té |
| coffee | café | kaffee | kafi | caffè | café |
| dessert | dessert | dessert | dessärt | il dolce | dessert |
| I need another… | J’ai besoin d’un(e) autre… | Ich brauche noch | I bruche no… | Mi dia un altro | Jau dovrel anc… |
| Check please… | L’addition s’il vous plait | Die Quittung bitte | Kwittig bitte | Il conto per favore | La quittanza per plaschair! |
| Thank you very much | Merci beaucoup | Vielen Dank. | Merci vil mal | Mille grazie | Grazia fitg! |
| 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5 | Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq | Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Fünf | Eis, zwöi, drü, vier, füf | uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque | in, dus, trais, quatter, tschintg |
| 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | six, sept, huit, neuf, dix | Sechs, Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn | sächs, siebe, acht, nün, zäh | sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci | sis, set, otg, nov, diesch |
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