[CHAPTER VII.]
Comparisons with other Dialects.
§ 1. PG. not Swiss.
PG. is not Swiss, altho it has a number of Swiss characteristics, and the line (Radlof, 2, 68)—
"Was isch säll für e sufere kärli?"
is very near its PG. form—
Was isch sel f'r ǝ saubǝr kærli? What sort of cleanly fellow is that?
PG. has both 'ær iss' and 'ær isch' (he is) according to the locality, of which the latter may be less common. The Rev. D. Ziegler (a native, like myself) refers the 'isch' variety to the Mennonite and Dunker population, and as there were many Dunkers (or Tunkers) where my early years were passed, I heard more of this than of the other.
The indicative mood present tense of haben and sein are, with some variations, as follows (Stalder, 1, 47-50)—
Swiss. PG. Swiss. PG. i hah; ich hab, hap, I have. i bi; ich bin, I am. de hest; du hǝscht, thou hast. de bisch, bist; du bischt, thou art. er hed, hett; ær hat, he has. er isch, ist; ær iss, isch, he is. mer hend; m'r hen, we have. mer sind; m'r sin, we are. der hend; d'r hent, you have. der sind; d'r sint, you are. sj hend; sii hen, they have. sj sind; sii sin, they are.
| Swiss. | PG. | Swiss. | PG. |
| i hah; | ich hab, hap, I have. | i bi; | ich bin, I am. |
| de hest; | du hǝscht, thou hast. | de bisch, bist; | du bischt, thou art. |
| er hed, hett; | ær hat, he has. | er isch, ist; | ær iss, isch, he is. |
| mer hend; | m'r hen, we have. | mer sind; | m'r sin, we are. |
| der hend; | d'r hent, you have. | der sind; | d'r sint, you are. |
| sj hend; | sii hen, they have. | sj sind; | sii sin, they are. |