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Negation, yes, no and « momoll »

SchweizerdeutschHochdeutsch
nöd / nidnicht
keikein
nütnichts
niemerniemand
nienie
nienenirgends
nümenicht mehr
no nödnoch nicht
au nödauch nicht
nöd emalnicht einmal

Yes = jo / ja, no = nei. To contradict a negative question (German doch), say momoll or moll: Chunsch nöd? – Momoll! (Aren't you coming? – Yes, I am!). gäll? at the end of a sentence = « isn't it? / right? ».

I ha nüt gseh.

I didn't see anything.

Er wohnt nüme z Züri.

He doesn't live in Zurich any more.

Bisch no nöd fertig? – Momoll!

Aren't you finished yet? – Yes, I am!

Schöns Wätter hüt, gäll?

Nice weather today, isn't it?

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