I haven't started my (high) German course yet but have learned a bit myself with the duolingo app and I have learned that "Danke" means thankyou and either "Tschüss" or "Auf Weidersehen" for goodbye.
But that doesn't appear to be what people say! Here it seems to be mostly "Merci" (is that identical to the French word for thank-you?) for thanks with the occasional "danke". And for goodbye it's nearly ALWAYS "Ciao"! (identical to the Italian word for goodbye?!)
The ladies in the Lindt shop were the exceptions that I recall.
Which should I use? Does it vary from kanton to kanton? Does it matter much?
But that doesn't appear to be what people say! Here it seems to be mostly "Merci" (is that identical to the French word for thank-you?) for thanks with the occasional "danke". And for goodbye it's nearly ALWAYS "Ciao"! (identical to the Italian word for goodbye?!)
The ladies in the Lindt shop were the exceptions that I recall.
Which should I use? Does it vary from kanton to kanton? Does it matter much?