Switzerland 9

Listen to Switzerland 9, a 16-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: 16

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/09/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Basel, Switzerland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Turkish

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: academic upper secondary school

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

The subject spends holiday in Turkey.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Lukas Tribelhorn

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

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Um, I’m a student in, and I live in Basel. Um, I’m from Turkey, and for the holiday I’m always there. And I like reading crimes and also, um, diving, but I dive not professionally. And, um, I like playing football, but I cannot really good play it. And, um, I like it here in Basel, and the people are very nice, and, um, I like watching films and …

[Subject speaks in German]: ähm, also ich lueg gern actionfilme und au krimifilme was ich gar nöd gern lueg sind so romantischi filme und komödie, uf jede fall, ähm, ich bi sehr froh do im gymnasium z si es isch eins vo mine wünsch gsi, scho immer und ich bi au so glücklich dass ich jetzt inde dritte klass bi …

[Translation: Um, so I like watching action movies and also crime thrillers. What I really don’t like are romantic movies and comedy; anyway, um, I am very happy to be here at the gymnasium; it has always been one of my wishes, and I am also very happy that I’m now in the third year.]

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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