From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Phil Payne wrote:
> Not even close.
>

I am aware.

I was going to title it "Hitze dans Svizzera" but I thought
people would have trouble with German Franch & Italian in one sentence
so I went for Germlish

Adam

> Hitze in der Schweitz.
>
> Exceptionally for a country name in German, Switzerland is feminine.  Die
> Schweitz.  Die Turkei is the only other one that comes to mind.
>
> "im" is a contraction of "in dem" - the masculine dative.
>
> It's "der Schweitz" because der is the dative feminine
declension of the
> definite article.  The dative is used to indicate a lack of movement - if
> you were crossing the border it would be die - the accusative declension to
> indicate movement.  In die Schweitz.
>
> "Im Laden" means to be in a shop.  "In den Laden"
means to enter one.
>
> I hope that's clear.
>
> Oh - and "heisse" used as a noun means loose women -
something much rarer
> even than this year's snow.  You don't say "I am hot" in
German, but "I find
> it hot".  Not "Ich bin heiss" but "Mir ist (es) heiss".
>
> Japanese is easier in this regard - it has neither definite nor indefinite
> articles.
>
> I was actually propositioned by a Swiss woman once, but it was in Venice and
> I was busy.
>
>
>

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