Puhoi Egerländer Dialect
Five useful phrases to start you off...
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Good day, how are you? | mp3 | Ben Straka |
Very well, thank you | mp3 | Ben Straka |
Not bad | mp3 | Ben Straka |
Go (now) in the name of the Lord (Good bye) | mp3 | Ben Straka |
Good night | mp3 | Ben Straka* |
The phrases marked with an asterisk thus * are introduced by Isabel. They were recorded about a dozen years after the phrases not marked.
Imagine if every descendent, young and old, knew these few basic phrases. And if they used them to greet their fellow descendants. Then, something of the Puhoi Egerländer dialect would survive.
The Puhoi 150th Anniversary challenge...
To remember the simple Bohemian dialect greetings and to use them with your family.