Sad adj = sad (not bedrohwa)
Zvay leit es reeli sad voahra.
Same pro = saym (as in similar or identical)
’Sis saym es sell.
Du bisht nett saym es see.
When used as a pronoun, saym does not need da or di in front of it.
Same adj:
- saym (with neu nouns)
- saymi (with f or pl nouns)
- saymah (with m nouns)
Satisfy verb = saetisfeiya
Save verb = sayva
- (miah) sayva
- (si) sayva
- Saved verb = ksayft past tense
Saved adj = ksayft (use with a form of sei or vadda)
Missa miah yusht glawva an da Jesus fa ksayft sei?
Saw verb = sayya (as in to cut up wood. Never use shneida when talking about cutting wood. Not the same as to split wood)
— compare with split (verb) and sow (verb)
Say’s hols.
Miah hols sayya fa unsah nochbah.
Schedule noun = da sketshel
Scheduled adj = beshteld (See also booked (adj)) (Technically a borrowed German word, but often used in print when talking about upcoming events.)
Da leicht is beshteld fa Samshdawk meiya.
Secretly adv = hinna rumm (opposite of openly)
Section noun = da section
Vass lanna ma funn deah section?
Select verb = selekta (pick from some options)
Select from verb = raus laysa (pick out; choose from)
Ich habb di fauli aebbeahra raus laysa.
- Selected from verb = raus glaysa past tense
-self
- Self = selvaht
- Himself/herself/itself = sich selvaht
- Myself = mich selvaht
- Oneself = em selvaht
- Ourselves = uns selvaht
- Themselves = si selvaht (si and selvaht are often separated in sentences)
Si sinn selvaht ganga. (They went themselves.) - Yourself = dich selvaht
- Yourselves = eich selvaht
Self-control noun = self-kantrohl
Send out verb = naus shikka
Sense = sense (not sens)
Dayt’s nett yusht sense macha?
Sentence noun = da sentence
Set straight verb = recht setza (to correct something or someone) (present/future) (conjugate setza to match the pronoun)
- Set straight verb = recht ksetzt past tense
Set straight adj = recht ksetzt (to become corrected; used with sei or vadda)
Set up verb = ufsetza
Settled verb = kseddeld past tense
Shake up verb = fashidla
Du nett mei drink fashidla.
- Shaken up verb = ufkshiddeld past tense
Ich habb da drink ufkshiddeld.
Shaken up adj = ufkshiddeld (physically or emotionally; used with sei or vadda)
Miah sedda kawm bleiva un nett ufkshiddeld vadda bei vass anri du kenna.
Shaking noun = es shidles
Shame = shawt
Share verb = sherra (not sheira)
- Shared verb = ksherd past tense
Ship verb = shibba
- Shipped verb = kshibt past tense
Shipped adj = kshibt
Shortly before phrase = vennich eb
Vennich eb mei daett kshtauva is, hott eah ksawt…
Shut off verb = abshodda
Since = siddah
Single adj = single (as in not married)
Single adj = ay (as in a single item)
ay shtikk boi
Skin noun = di haut (not es haut)
Slave noun = di slave
Sled riding verb = shlidda foahra
Sling noun = di shling (as in a slingshot)
- Slings noun = di shlinga plural
Sluggish adj = shtokkich (as in someone or something that’s slow-going, slow-moving, slow to change)
Deah gaul is so shloh un shtokkich!
Di kinnah sinn am kumma. Si sinn yusht shtokkich.
Smart adj = shmeaht
- Smarter adj = shmeahdah
Snacks = noun di shnaeks
Sometimes = daylmohls or alsmoll or etmohl (varies with region and dialect)
Favass mecht’s daylmohls hatt sei…?
Miah henn feel leit assigned zu unsah group, avvah alsmoll, henn miah elf anri, es kumma funn diffandi bletz.
Somewhere = eiyetz
Du bisht am shaffa eiyetz es reeli laut is.
Son noun = da boo (common)
- Son noun = da sohn (uncommon; unless used to refer to Jesus or in the Bible)
Song noun = da song (see also metaphorical gender on how to use with pronouns)
Ma gleicha da song. Eah is fann fa singa!
Soon = glei
Sort verb = sorta
- Sorted verb = ksort past tense
Sovereignty noun = recht da roola
Special adj:
- speshel (with neu nouns)
- spesheli (with f or pl nouns)
- speshelah (with m nouns)
Speed noun = da shpeet
Spelled adj = kshpeld (often with sei)
Mach shuah es awl vadda recht kshpeld sinn fa da test.
Split verb = shpalda (as in to split something up or cause a division. Commonly used when talking about using an ax to split wood. Not the same as to cut or saw wood.)
— compare with to saw (verb)
Ich muss hols shpalda.
Iahra gmay is shpalda.
Spoon noun = es leffel (not da leffel)
’S leffel is drekkich.
Stain noun = da shtayn
Sellah shtayn is roht.
Stale verb = ohzeyya (as in to draw moisture)
- Stale verb = ohgezowwa past tense (as in turned stale)
Stale adj = ohgezowwa
’S broht is ohgezowwa.
Stand verb = shtenda (as in to bear or handle a situation)
Eah kann nett shtenda si sayna so hungahrich sei.
Stand verb = shtay (as in to stand on one’s feet)
Stands for verb = shtayt fa (as in symbolizes or means)
Di letters USA shtayt fa United States of America.
Start noun = da shteaht
Si henn en goodah shteaht katt.
Steak noun = di shtayk
Di shtayk shmakt reeli goot.
Sticky adj = babbich
Still (See also Shtill vs Alsnoch vs Noch vs Doch language lesson)
- Still (as in be still, quiet, calm) = shtill
Es is en zeit… fa shtill sei, un en zeit fa shvetza. - Still (as in up to and even now, continuing) = alsnoch
Vi vissa miah es di eahvet alsnoch results hott? - Still (to come; yet) = noch
Miah henn noch may fa du.
(See also after) - Still (as in after all, even so) = doch
Miah sinn funn alli sadda leit avvah es dutt uns doch nett diveiyda.
Stone noun = da shtay
- Stones noun = di shtay plural
Story noun = di shtoahri
- Stories noun = di shtoahris plural
Straight = grawt (see also words, exactly and immediately)
Hald oh grawt faddi noch da stop sign.
Strength noun = di graft
Eah is da vann es uns graft gebt.
Stubble noun = da shtubbel (unshaven facial hair; the whole)
Study noun = da shtoddi
Bivvel shtoddi
Vatshtavvah Shtoddi
Study verb = shtodya
- (ich) shtoddi (used also in commands)
Shtoddi di bichah mitt uns. - (du) shtoddisht
- (eah/see/es) shtoddit
- (miah) shtodya
- (diah) shtodyet
- (si) shtodya
- Studied verb = kshtoddit past tense
Study adj = shtoddi
shtoddi article
Stuff noun = es shtoft
Du kansht diffand shtoft daunlohda…
Neiy shtoft funn da shtoah.
Stumble verb = stombla
- Stumbled verb = kstombeld past tense
Stumbled adj = kstombeld
Subject noun = da subject
Such = so (when emphasizing something)
Fido is so en aldah hund.
Such / Suchlike = so (when referring to things that have already been mentioned)
Gott is nett di shuld funn earthquakes, shlimm veddah… Feel funn’s soffahres heit kumd funn so sacha.
Suffer verb = soffahra
Suffering noun = soffahres
Support noun = da support
Support verb = supporda
Surcingle noun = da bauch-gatt (belt or strap that goes under horse’s stomach to hold a saddle or pack to horse’s back)
Mach shuah da bauch-gatt teit is.
Sure enough phrase = Shuah genunk
Sympathize verb = mitt-leida (to have fellow feeling for someone)
Synchronize verb = sinkraneiysa
- Synchronized verb = sinkraneiysd past tense
Synchronized adj = sinkraneiysd (used with sei or vadda)