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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