Table Of ContentLearning Alsatian through English
By the Same Author
Ph.D. dissertation
Adolf, Paul. "Contrastive Phonology of the Local Alsatian Vernacular of Obernai and British English,"
These de 3eme cycle, Strasbourg, 1975.
Adolf, Paul. "Contrastive Lexical Structures of the Local Alsatian Dialect of Obernai and British English,"
These de doctorat nouveau regime, Strasbourg, 1985.
Books
Adolf, Paul. Lexique alsacien-anglais (vrais et foux amis) (Tome 1. Le substantij), Universite Populaire
d'Obernai, 1982.
Adolf, Paul, assisted by Raymond Matzen. Dictionary "l'anglais par l'alsacien," Universite Populaire
d'Obernai et Le Verger Editeur, 1997.
Adolf, Paul. "Mer lehre Englisch" 2002 guide pratique de conversation et de grammaire anglaise pour Alsaciem,
Editions Bentzinger, Colmar.
Adolf, Paul. "Dictionnaire comparatiJ multilingue ftanrais allemand alsacien anglais," Editions Midgard,
Strasbourg, 2006.
Encyclopedia
"Anglais en Alsace" and "Enseignement de l'anglais en Alsace," "L'anglicisme en alsacien," in EncyclopMie de
1'Alsace, vols. 1 and 5, Editions Publitotal, Strasbourg, 1982. "Le parler dialectal d'Obernai," EncyclopMie de
l'Alsace, vol. 9.
Magazines, newspapers, various publications
"Pour une methode de prononciation anglaise a l'usage du dialectophone alsacien," in Bulletin APLV
(Association des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes) no. 11, May 1975; "L'apprentissage du vocabulaire anglais
en milieu dialectal," in Bulletin APLV, no. 18, pp. 19-26, Strasbourg, 1975.
"L'alsacien au service de l'anglais" (Plaidoyer pour une pedagogie corrective), in Bulletin APL V, no. 45, June
1992.
"Englisch-Unterricht fUr Dialektsprechende Elsasser," in Llmd un Sprooch (Les cahiers du bilinguisme), pp.
13-15, 1992; "Bilinguisme et apprentissage de l'anglais en Alsace," in "d'Heimet," Les cahiers des dialectes
atemanique et ftancique, Selestat, Bas-Rhin, 1989: "Les Anglicismes. Qu'en pensons-nous?" in Dernieres
Nouvelles d'Alsace (DNA), August 12, 1985; "Linguistique contrastive et apprentissage de l'anglais en milieu
dialectal alsacien," Cahiers germaniques, Nancy, 1998.
Linguistic seminary
Coordination d'un colloque en Alsace pour enseignants anglicistes et germanistes: applications pedagogiques
de la parente genetique entre l'allemand (et l'alsacien) et l'anglais, May 1987.
For further information, the author can be contacted bye-mail [email protected].
Learning Alsatian through English
A Comparative Dictionary
-English-German-Alsatian-French
for English Speakers
Paul Adolf
Ph.D. Linguistics
Honorary President of "Universiti Populaire sans Frontieres"
palgrave
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LEARNING ALSATIAN THROUGH ENGLISH
© Paul Adolf, 2007.
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Adolf, Paul.
Learning Alsatian through English: a comparative dictionary
English-German-Alsatian-French for English speakers / Paul Adolf.
p.cm.
Includes indexes.
1. German language-Dialects-France-Alsace-Dictionaries-Polyglot.
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To the English-speaking world and
especially the US Alsatian Heritage
Speakers
To my wife Malou
and my grandchildren Camilla and Frederick
Contents
Map ofA lsace V111
Preface IX
How to use this dictionary X111
List of abbreviations and conventional signs XVll
Pronunciation guide: Alsatian pronunciation XX111
English-Alsatian comparative dictionary
Appendix 167
Alsatian index 167
English index 184
SWITZERLAND
Map of A1sace
Preface
A hearty welcome to wonderful Alsace!
Hifrzlich willkomme im wundervolle Elsass!
Come and have a look at the wonderful Garden of Alsace in rhe northeast of France along rhe River Rhine!
Welcome to its surprising distinctiveness and time-old traditions. Alsace has a population of more rhan
1,790,000 inhabitants and is full of history and culture. It has always been at the heart of significant events.
Come and discover our eventful history and our unique architectural heritage ... our traditions including
our old German language.
Alsace has always been an exception: While Alsatians pride rhemselves on their patriotism, they also
display their differences with the other French people beyond the Vosges mountains. Alsace is a distinct
territory and is proud of a fortunate blend of French-Alsatian German and European spirit and identity.
Have you ever visited Alsace? Did you ever hear about rhe Alsatian language? How many English-speaking
persons would like to understand and speak Alsatian to get more familiar with its population and way of life,
traditions, food, etc.
Alsatian folks are friendly people and defenders of rheir art, history, culture, and language. Come and
listen to Alsatian folk music and folk songs! Watch folk dances! Come and enjoy a Rhinelander dance!
Listen to Alsatian &iends singing beautiful songs and to Alsatian nightingales singing beautifully at night!
We are delighted to have you as our guest in our beautifullitrle land! You will see great sights and we
hope you will enjoy everything about our beautiful Alsace ... moreover much more ify ou can understand and
speak some Alsatian German, the morher-tongue of the Alsatian folks.
You will be fascinated as you stroll along the small, narrow, crooked streets and lanes amid rhe very old
half-timbered buildings. Come and see our wonderful landscapes! Watch our Alsatian handicrafTsmen at
work and rheir folk craft ... rhe beautiful work of rhe glass blower and rhe goldsmith! Yes, Alsace is worrh
seeing!
You'll be welcomed by our hearty Alsatian folk! Imagine yourself being together wirh friendly people,
eating good Alsatian food, and listening to the Alsatian language!
It is good living in Alsace (Alsat.) "1m Elsass isch giiet lawe"! Most Alsatian women are good cooks and
housewives! Have an old cooking recipe from an Alsatian grandmother-en alts Kochrezapt ... Alsatian
cooking is known allover the world! We drink wine and beer in Alsace! Come and enjoy a glass of beer and
a pretzel in a beer cellar or a glass of wine in a Winstub (Alsatian pub)! You'll enjoy the Alsatian light and
dry white wines at traditional wine festivals! Eating and drinking hold life and soul together! (Alsat.) ''Esse un
Drlnke halt Liib un Seel z'samme!"
Drive along the Alsatian wine route enjoying the seven grape varieties, the golden kougelhopf, and ... the
refreshing delicate flavor of our Alsatian dialectl-Alsatian people have the gi& of tongues-If you
understand and can say Alsatian words and sentences ... you'll learn a lot more about Alsace, its people, its
traditions, its way of life! Have a look: good morning! Giiete Morje! The five fingers of rhe hand: Dflnef
Flnger vun d'r Hand-My son is seven years old: Miner Suhn lsch slwwe Juhr alt!
So before starting and enjoying your trip, please have a look at this book, a key to a betrer understanding
and appreciation of the various charms of Alsace!
Here's good news for you! Yes! Unbelievable! You can understand and practice rhe Alsatian dialect
precisely through English! Alsatian German is-like English-a delicious blend of picturesque old German
and French. Learning Alsatian through English will provide you with another passport. Then you'll better
understand the daily life and rhe land of this friendly people and you'll spend the best moments of your life
in Alsace! Alsatian folks will become your &iends for life! Your stay in Alsace will be unforgettable (Alsat.
"unvergesslich")! You will understand Alsatian, it won't be double Dutch to you! Don't wait!
What a lot of Alsatian words, sentences, and phrases you'll find in this new wordbook!
