Martial Arts

1. Cha ich hüt als Gascht trainiere?

   Can I train today as a guest?

   Usage

   Asks to join a session as a guest at a club

   Grammar Note

   composed: als Gascht means as a guest

2. Dörf ich bim Training zueluege?

   May I watch the training?

   Usage

   Asks to watch a session

   Grammar Note

   composed: bim is a fusion of bi and em

3. Ich bi Afänger

   I am a beginner

   Usage

   States that you are a beginner. A woman adds the ending -in

   Grammar Note

   composed: Afänger is the masculine form

4. Was choschtet es Training?

   What does one training session cost?

   Usage

   Asks the price of a single session

   Grammar Note

   composed: Training is treated as neuter, so es

5. Gits en Kurs nume für Fraue?

   Is there a class only for women?

   Usage

   Asks whether a women-only class exists

   Grammar Note

   composed: Gits is the contraction of git es (there is)

6. Cha ich Händsche miete?

   Can I rent gloves?

   Usage

   Asks whether gloves can be rented for training

   Grammar Note

   composed: Händsche is the plural of glove

7. Chönd Sie mir das langsam zeige?

   Could you show me this slowly?

   Usage

   Asks the coach to show a move slowly

   Grammar Note

   composed: Chönd is the plural form used with Sie

8. Chönd Sie mir das no einisch zeige?

   Could you show me that once more?

   Usage

   Asks for the move to be shown again

   Grammar Note

   composed: no einisch together means once more

9. Wo cha me en Wettkampf aaluege?

   Where can you watch a competition?

   Usage

   Asks where a match can be watched

   Grammar Note

   composed: me is the impersonal one

10. Mis Chnöi tuet weh

    My knee hurts

    Usage

    Tells the coach your knee hurts

    Grammar Note

    composed: Chnöi is neuter, hence Mis

11. Mir mached jetzt füf Minute Pause

    We will take a five-minute break now

    Usage

    Said by a coach to announce a break

    Grammar Note

    composed: Mir takes the plural verb ending -ed

12. Für hüt längts. Guet gmacht!

    That is enough for today. Well done!

    Usage

    Said by a coach at the end of a session

    Grammar Note

    composed: längts is längt es (is enough) contracted

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