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fiery oliveBOT Jan 28, 2025, 8:59 AM

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resource to specifically learn the rules of swiss french

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Resources to specifically learn the rules of swiss french

inner knoll Jan 28, 2025, 9:06 AM

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don't take my word for it, I'm a noob.

afaik swiss french isn't that far off from french french, you can just learn french the language and expose yourself more to swiss media eg instead of going to france24 you go to RTS .

maiden hawk Jan 28, 2025, 9:17 AM

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The rules of Swiss French are the same as France French
There are a handful of vocabulary differences, but some of those differences are even present in the French regions near Switzerland

valid prism Jan 28, 2025, 9:21 AM

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I read on wikipedia that, for example, the space between guillemets and the words contained with them doesn't exist in swiss french. And then I read contradictory stuff elsewhere. I kinda wanted a source that is more reputable to know what is or isn't allowed

remote bison Jan 28, 2025, 9:27 AM

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Yeah that's really a detail

valid prism Jan 28, 2025, 10:52 AM

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well, yes, but I live in Switzerland (the german-speaking part) and i would like to visit and talk to the romands

remote bison Jan 28, 2025, 11:37 AM

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Yeah so just learn french

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You don't need to know if you should put a space after quotation marks to talk to people

valid prism Jan 28, 2025, 12:19 PM

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hm

solid schooner Jan 28, 2025, 12:31 PM

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A quick google turned up this https://help.unbabel.com/hc/en-us/articles/19036917759895-Language-Guidelines-French-Swiss-CH#4punctuation

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You might be able to find a government resource or style guides too

maiden hawk Jan 28, 2025, 1:13 PM

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valid prism well, yes, but I live in Switzerland (the german-speaking part) and i would like...

Something to note is that while Swiss German and Standard German are largely not mutually intelligible, the difference between French from France and French from Switzerland is next to nothing. Speakers from France and Switzerland have absolutely no issue understanding one another and may not even realize that their interlocutor is from another country.

#Resources to specifically learn the rules of swiss french