Rhine-Online - English guide to Basel, Alsace and Baden Wurtemberg

A few words of Alsatian

The Alsatian dialect is a living, spoken language rather than a written one. Note that certain words and vowel sounds change from village to town and from valley to valley.

The following translations have been written in such a way as to produce similar phonetic sounds in English. Vielmohl merci to Georgette!

English/French	Alsatian (southern Alsace)
Hello	Boushur
Goodbye	Adie pronounced "Odieu"
Have a nice day!	Guata Dag
N'importe quoi! (how silly!)	Mach wetz!
Great! Wonderful!	Grossartig! Wunderbar!
Thanks a lot	Vielmohl merci
I love you	Ich han dich garn
Bon appetit!	A guata apetit (pronounced "opétite")
Quand même! (I should think so!/after all)	Andlik - or - Trotz dam
You're so funny!	Sehn seeh awer Komisch !