Switzerland 7

Listen to Switzerland 7, a 17-year-old girl from Basel, Switzerland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/10/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Basel, Switzerland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Swiss/Moroccan

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: Settat, Morocco

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/06/2013

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

To be honest, I’m just sitting at home and watching videos and just reading. I do not, I don’t go out or do some stuff, just sitting there in the home, but, yeah, I’m reading. I read a lot of books but especially, uh, French books ’cause I think they are quite beautiful, quite good, um, good written and also, um, I like, um, English books like The Kite Runner or, um, yeah. My, my English teacher gave me my first English book with a good book, The Kite Runner, ’cause I read, I read it in German, so she gave me, she give it to me to, um, to read it on English, and I’m also watching a lot of films in English with English subtitles. So, yeah, this is, yeah, quite a simple life, but, yeah, that, um, yeah, and I like eating and cooking, and, yeah, I think that’s a good school here, not the best but, it could be worse, yeah. …

[Subject speaks in German]: Jo, ähm, Ich bin do an de schuel, hier isch sie, isch nöd so guet, ähm, isch besser, also es cha schlimmer si, jo, ähm, ich mache eigentlich nöd viel i minere freizit, ich les, lis viel, lueg gern film mit englishi, äh, untertitel jo will irgendwie di guete filme sind nie mit dütsche oder französische untertitel nur mit english, so ich luegs uf englisch und jo sonsch, ich koch gern ich mags, ich ess, ich iss gern, ähm, jo vorallem traditionnelles esse.

[Translation: Yes, um, I am going to school here. It’s not very nice, um, but it could be worse. Yes, um, I’m not doing much in my spare time. I am reading a lot. I like watching movies with English subtitles, yes, because somehow the good movies are never with German or French subtitles, just with English, so I’m watching them in English. Yes, else, I like cooking and I like eating, um, yes, especially traditional food.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/01/2014

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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