| Schweizerdeutsch | Hochdeutsch | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wil | weil | because |
| dass | dass | that |
| öb | ob | whether |
| wänn | wenn | if, when |
| wo | als | when (once, in the past) |
| bis | bis | until |
| bevor | bevor | before |
| sit | seit | since |
| obwohl | obwohl | although |
| susch | sonst | otherwise |
| drum | darum | that's why |
Question words: wer (who), was (what), wo (where), wohii (where to), woher (where from), wänn (when), wie (how), wieso / werum (why), wievill (how much / many), weli (which), was für en (what kind of).
wo does almost everything: relative pronoun (de Maa, wo …), « where » (s Huus, wo n i wohne), and « when » in the past (Won i chli gsii bi = Als ich klein war). With a Dativ or a preposition, a pronoun or da- / dr- is added: de Kolleg, wo n i mit em gredt ha (the colleague I talked with); s Huus, wo n i drin wohne (the house I live in).
Won i chli gsii bi, hämmer z Luzern gwohnt.
When I was little, we lived in Lucerne.
I gang nöd, wil i chrank bi.
I'm not going, because I'm ill.
Weisch, öb de Zug scho gfahre isch?
Do you know whether the train has already left?
Das isch de Kolleg, wo n i mit em gredt ha.
That's the colleague I talked to.
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