Switzerland 6

Listen to Switzerland 6, a 17-year-old boy 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): 07/05/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Basel, Switzerland

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Swiss (exact ethnicity and race N/A)

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): 25/06/2013

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, I’m from Basel and, but now I live in Riehen. That’s a city in Basel. Um, I go, um, to gymnasium kirschgarten, but I want to change, um, to Bäumlihof because it’s much closer to, um, my home. And in my freetime, I like to see my friends and go out. Um, I don’t like the hot weather right now, but it’s OK. I much, um, I like the winter much more; um, not really, because I don’t have anything to do, but I’m looking forward to basically because I have free time for myself, and I don’t have to study anymore; yeah, that would be relaxing, and, yeah, OK, um. …

[Subject speaks in German]: Ich wohne in Basel und, aber jetzt wohn ich in Kirchheim, und ich gang im K.. Gymnasium Kirschgarte id schuel und ich will wechsle as Gymnasium bäumlihof, ähm, ich has g.. äh, ich triff gern mini kollege dusse, gang gerne an de rhii oder i lauf eifach ume, und ich ha jetzt aagfange chli mehr umezlaufe anstadt frühner immer vorem fernseh zu hogge und ich freu mich zwar uf ferie aber ich has gfühl es wird langwilig aber ich hoff ich werd irgendöpis zu tue ha und ich hoff dass ich doch no irgendwo anegang dass mer nid eifach do bliibe … jo.

[Translation: I live in Basel and, but now I live in Kirchheim, and I go to school at the Gymnasium Kirschgarten and I want to change to the Gymnasium Bäumlihof, erm, I li.. erm, I like to meet my friends outside, I like to go to the Rhine or just walk around, and I have now began to walk around more often instead of sitting in front of the tv and, I am looking forward to the holidays but I have the feeling that it will be boring but I hope that I will have something to do and I hope that we will travel somewhere and not just stay here … yes.

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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