Erzgebirgisch - A Sample of Erzgebirgisch Speech (Lichtenstein Dialect)

A Sample of Erzgebirgisch Speech (Lichtenstein Dialect)

(24) Wuu kimsd dee duu ize haar?
Where comest then thou now from?
Where on earth are you coming from right now?
(25) Dàs kàà (i)ch der fei ni sààn.
That can I thee at.all not say
I cannot tell you at all.

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