What does "little mouse" and "cereal" or "trade" and "shower" have in common? The word pairs sound very similar in Bärndütsch! After discussing strategies to overcome like-sounding words, Simu and I translate cleverly worded advertisements from Bernmobile.

The skill level for today's episode is A2 (CEFR) or Novice high (ACTFL Guidelines).

Words and phrases in Mundart

Word pairs

tuusche (trade/swap)

Dusche (shower)

Müsli (little mouse)

Müesli (cereal)

Bernmobile advertisements

Du bisch z spät dranne, mir gäbe dr e Usred

Link to the ad: https://www.facebook.com/polyconsult/photos/3912802722067254

Du wosch ids Grüene, mir fahre di im Rote.

Link to the ad: https://www.facebook.com/polyconsult/photos/3912802498733943

More information about language learning:

ACTFL Guildelines for the Novice level:
https://tinyurl.com/actflguidelinespdf

CEFR Guidelines:
https://tinyurl.com/cefrguidelines

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