In this lesson I wanted to answer a question I receive from many, many, many students: How can I remember the gender of nouns? I would love to tell you that there is a trick or a simple way of remembering what gender each noun is. Unfortunately noun genders are just one of those things … Read more
What is a preposition? A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Most prepositions are placed before the noun/pronoun they modify. Some examples of prepositions in Luxembourgish are: zu – aus – vun Now these 3 prepositions are – unlike the … Read more
In the previous lesson you have learnt: 1 what a personal pronoun is, 2 the difference between du, dir and Dir 3 examples of the personal pronouns in the nominative case In this lesson we will take a look at several examples of the personal pronouns in the accusative and in the dative case. So, … Read more
This lesson is inspired by a student’s question who asked me how and when to use this important verb which is brauchen. A word you’ll need every day. Let’s start with the conjugation of brauchen. Conjugation Present Tense: ech brauch – du brauchs – hien / hatt brauch – mir brauchen – dir braucht – si brauchen Conditional: … Read more
In the previous lessons you learned how to start a conversation and how to keep a conversation going in Luxembourgish. Now it’s time to learn how to bring conversations to an end – in both formal and informal situations. 2 KEYS for ending a conversation SMILE! Be friendly when ending the conversation, so the other … Read more
Luxembourgish, like any other language, has particular words and expressions that can be used in more than one way. These include the short but tricky words known as “particles” or “fillers.” I call them “small words that can cause big problems.” Luxembourgish words such as awer, och, dach, alt, mol, schonn and even jo look … Read more
In this lesson I will tackle a few problems students often get wrong when they try to talk about the time in Luxembourgish. Please note that this lesson is not a lesson on how to tell the time. So, let’s start! How would you translate the word TIME in Luxembourgish? Well, there are several translations … Read more
In the previous lessons you learned how to start a conversation in Luxembourgish. In this lesson, you will learn how to keep a conversation going, without running out of things to say! Here’s an example of how NOT to have an Luxembourgish conversation: War däi Weekend flott? – Did you have a nice weekend? Jo. … Read more
1 What is a reflexive verb? A Luxembourgish reflexive verb describes an action of someone (subject) where the action reflects back to the subject. In other words, whoever is speaking is doing an action to himself. Beispill (example) Ech wäsche(n) mech. I wash myself. Du stells dech vir (sech virstellen). You present yourself. Luxembourgish reflexive … Read more
In this lesson you will learn 5 new conversation topics with examples of questions you can ask to get a conversation started for each topic. The biggest secret to becoming more fluently and improving your Luxembourgish is so simple: you might be surprised: ASK MORE QUESTIONS Most of the topics below include an … Read more