Today I will answer a question I received by email from a mother of a three year old child : “My husband and I decided to introduce Luxembourgish as a third language to our bilingual child. My husband and I speak Italian and English with our kid. Neither of us speak Luxembourgish, but we didn’t see any reason to restrict any further … Read more
Today you are going to learn useful vocabulary to talk about Fräizäit (this is a topic of the oral part of the Sproochentest) which literally means free time. You are going to learn to say what you like and don’t like doing in your freetime. Let’s begin with something very important: If you want to say that … Read more
Are you learning Luxembourgish and want to start to speak with native speakers? I know it can be scary to start a conversation with someone, especially in a foreign language. You might be wondering “what do I say?” or “what if I say the wrong thing?” The fear of speaking to strangers really comes from the fear of seeming “weird” or … Read more
Today we will look at one particular part of the Luxembourgish grammar and this is … how to translate a “to+verb” construction. When do I use “ze” and when “fir ze” One word on pronunciation first. The Luxembourgish z is always pronounced like a hard tss. You can listen to this lesson on the “Luxembourgish with Anne podcast” … Read more
Today I will answer a question of one of my student who has been learning Luxembourgish by himself for one year now and he asked me : “My mind gets blank when I try to speak in Luxembourgish to someone. So how can I improve my Luxembourgish to avoid hesitation and drawing blanks?” HESITATION . … Read more
If you are learning Luxembourgish, you are at the right place. Once a week I answer your language learning question. The idea is that by reading the questions that other students are asking, the difficulties that other students are having, you are going to get more motivation to keep learning and to keep moving towards … Read more
In the previous lesson I talked about the 3 most important rules of the word order in Luxembourgish independent phrases. This is part 2 of the series The Word Order in Luxembourgish sentences and an extract of my 10 Day-Course: The Basics of the Luxembourgish Sentence Structure. Luxembourgish Subordinate Clauses Subordinate clauses are those parts … Read more
In this article I will answer a question I often get asked by email: “I want to sit in the upcoming future the Luxembourgish Language Test to acquire the citizenship, called the Sproochentest. But I have no time to go to a language school twice a week. So here is my question: How should I … Read more
While there are cases in which Luxembourgish and English word order are identical, the word order in Luxembourgish is more variable and flexible than in English. In particular, sentences need not begin with the subject. BUT there are strict rules determining the position of the VERB and there are a few other rules to bear in … Read more
We all like to talk about the weather. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do so in Luxembourgish. There are even a few hidden vocabulary dangers in talking about how warm or cold you are! I’ll tell you how to avoid that problem. When you’re in Luxembourg, it is useful to understand a typical … Read more
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