Kreuz Creek Center

Pennsylfaanische Deitsche "Gschichde un Gschpichde" vum Johnnie Brendel vun die Reinholds. (Pennsylvania German Stories and Tales by Johnnie Brendel of Reinholds, Pa.) Highlights generally relating to spring from Johnnie Brendel's own recordings made in 1966 for the first year of his Pennsylvania Dutch radio program broadcast by WLBR AM, Lebanon, PA. This digital download is provided as a 51-page PDF of Pennsylvania German text with between-the-lines English translation and two zip files of MP3 files (corresponding to two audio CDs). Butch Reigart, translator and editor.

This booklet provides an excellent resource for intermediate-level students. The combined audio & printed materials are especially designed to improve one's listening comprehension of native speakers in conversation. Includes audio recordings of a native speaker speaking at an intermediate pace and an accompanying full transcript in the PG dialect with interlinear English translation.

For a sample of the audio, please click below:

Please note that the two zip files are about 55 megabytes combined. We recommend backing them up to a personal computer.

A Pennsylvania German conversation with Jessie Stambaugh at his home in Pigeon Hills (Jackson Twp.) of southwest York County, Pennsylvania about "this, that & everything else." Also featuring Henry Miller. This digital download is provided as a 33-page PDF and one zip file of MP3 files (corresponding to 1 audio CD). Butch Reigart, translator and editor.

This booklet provides an excellent resource for advanced-level students. The combined audio & printed materials are especially designed to improve one's listening comprehension of native speakers in conversation. Includes audio recordings of native speakers speaking at a fast pace and an accompanying full transcript in the PG dialect with interlinear English translation.

For a sample of the audio, please click below:

Please note that the zip file is quite large, totaling about 25 megabytes. We recommend backing it up to a personal computer.

A Pennsylvania German conversation with Robert and Ella Welsh on their farm near Stoverstown, York Co., Pennsylvania about blacksmithing, wagon making, and life in the "old days." This digital download is provided as a 38-page PDF and two zip files of MP3 files (corresponding to 2 audio CDs). Butch Reigart, translator and editor.

This booklet provides an excellent resource for intermediate-level students. The combined audio & printed materials are especially designed to improve one's listening comprehension. Includes audio recordings of two native speakers being individually interviewed by Al Dubs at an intermediate pace and an accompanying full transcript in the PG dialect with interlinear English translation.

For a sample of the audio, please click below:

Please note that the zip files are quite large, totaling about 22 megabytes. We recommend backing them up to a personal computer.

Edwin R. Danner tells 77 jokes in Pennsylvania German in an evening of Dutch humor at the old schoolhouse in Jefferson, PA. An additional 123 jokes in Pennsylvania German are presented in text only. Pennsylvania German text of the 200 jokes with between-the-lines English translation of the first 77 and accompanying CD audio recordings of Edwin R. Danner telling the first 77 jokes. 28 pages with a 4-page word list appendix. Handmade pamphlet. Butch Reigart, translator and editor.

This booklet provides an excellent resource for advanced-level students. The combined audio & printed materials are especially designed to improve one's listening comprehension. Includes audio recordings of a native speaker speaking at a fast pace telling jokes and an accompanying full transcript in the PG dialect with interlinear English translation.

For a sample of the audio, please click below:

Please note that the zip file is quite large, totaling about 12 megabytes. We recommend backing it up to a personal computer.