After spending the weekend in the French part of Switzerland, I suddenly realised this morning that I was trying to mutter phrases in French, rather than German as I should be.
During the weekend, whenever I needed to speak French I always came out with German words, because I’ve been around Swiss German for the last two months. Now I’m back in Zurich my mind has finally adjusted to the French, so I’m saying “oui” instead of “ja”, or “bonjour” instead of “morgen”.
I suppose if I was living in the French part of Switzerland, maybe in Geneva or Lausanne, I’d be fluent in French by now, since I did learn it at school for 5 years and I’d have more of a chance of picking it up than with Swiss German which sounds nothing like German.
