Switzerland 19

Listen to Switzerland 19, a 17-year-old boy from Chur, 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): 23/06/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Chur, Switzerland

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Swiss

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: N/A

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/09/2013

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Um, in my free time I like to play unihockey. I play it since about ten years, and in the early years I also played tennis. I like it much. In the winter, I go snowboarding with friends, and in the summer I like to go swim in the pool, also with my friends, and I spend a lot of time with sports because it’s very interesting, and I like it to do, and I think its very, um, it’s very …

[Subject speaks in German]: ähm, mir chunt kei wort in sinn, isch sehr wichtig für de körper, halt, jo, uf schwiizerdütsch? ähm, jo, i miner freiziit spili viel unihockey, sit zehn johr öpe, und i han früehner au tennis gspielt, und im winter gohni gere go boarde, und de summer, im summer gohni gere mit kolege id badi und i finds sehr wichtig dass mer au sport macht will das am körper guet tuet und das macht mer au viel spass.

[Translation: Um, I don’t remember a word; it’s very important for the body, yes, in Swiss German? Um, yes, in my spare time I play floorball a lot, for approximately 10 years now, and in the past I also played tennis, and in winter I go snowboarding, and the summer, in summer, I go swimming with friends. I think that it’s important to do sports, as it is good for the body and it’s also fun for me.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

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

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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

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