Swiss-German Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/swiss-german/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Learning German with Pimsleur: An Expats Review https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/learning-german-with-pimsleur-an-expats-review/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/learning-german-with-pimsleur-an-expats-review/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:00:35 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=9721 Learning a Foreign Language When Living Abroad While on a hike a few weeks after moving to Zurich, I commented to my friend that I was proud to be developing an ear for German. “It’s so weird, though,” I said, “that the Swiss say ‘bitte’ to you as a greeting.”  Bitte means please, and while I thought it Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/kid-friendly-switzerland-top-5-summer-activities-in-zurich/feed/ 1 Finding Fairyland: The Absinthe Trail in Val-de-Travers, Switzerland https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/finding-fairyland-the-absinthe-trail-in-val-de-travers-switzerland/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/finding-fairyland-the-absinthe-trail-in-val-de-travers-switzerland/#respond Thu, 02 May 2019 13:00:51 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=5013 Absinthe – The Green Fairy, Devil in the Green Bottle Absinthe has a storied past. It carries an air of mystery and a sense of lawlessness, the mere mention conjuring up scenes of dim-lit Parisian cafes and patrons with small glasses of a glowing green elixir. It represents both creativity and artistry, and distorted perceptions and Read More >>

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