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Switzerland - Phrases
Going to Switzerland and wanting to pick up on some popular phrases before you go? then have a look at some of these...
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Key Phrases
German is the first offical language in Switzerland spoken by 63% of the population.
- Guten Tag (goot-en tahk) -
- Hello
- Ich heiße ... (ikh hie-ssuh) -
- My Name Is ...
- Freut mich. (froyt mikh)-
- Pleased to meet you
- Ja (yah) -
- Yes
- Nein (nine) -
- No
- bitte (bih-tuh) -
- please
- danke (dahn-kuh) -
- thank you
- Wie geht's? (vee gayts) -
- How are you?
- Sprechen Sie Englisch?! (shprikhst doo eng-lish) -
- Do you speak English?
- Wie bitte?(vee bih-tuh) -
- Pardon
- auf Wiedersehen (owf vee-dair-zayn) -
- Goodbye
Key Phrases
French is the second language in Switzerland spoken by 20.4% of the population.
- Bonjour (bohn-zhoor)
- Hello
- s'il vous plaît (seel voo pleh)
- Please
- Au revoir (ohr-vwah)
- Goodbye
- non (nohn)
- no
- oui (wee)
- yes
- Merci. (mair-see)
- Thank you.
- Je m'appelle... (zhuh mah-pell)
- My Name Is...
- Tu parles anglais? (tew parl on-glay)
- Do You Speak English?
- Enchanté(e) (awn-shawn-tay)
- Pleased to meet you
- Comment? (kohm-mawn)
- Pardon
Key Phrases
Italian is the third language in Switzerland spoken by 6.5% of the population.
- Sì. (see) -
- Yes.
- No. (noh) -
- No.
- Benvenuto! (behn-veh-noo-tee) -
- Welcome!
- Molto lieto. (mohl-toh lee-eh-toh) -
- Nice to meet you.
- Ciao. (chow) -
- Hello/bye
- Grazie. (graht-zee-eh) -
- Thank you.
- Arrivederci..(ah-ree-vuh-dehr-chee) -
- Goodbye.
- Mi chiamo ... (mee kee-ah-mo) -
- My name is ...
- Parla inglese? (par-lee een-gleh-zeh) -
- Do you speak English?
- Può aiutarmi? (pwoh ah-yoo-tar-mee) -
- Can you help me?