Do your Luxembourgish sentences sometimes feel… a bit flat?
Take this example:
👉 Ech hu keng Zäit.
Correct but …. not very expressive.
Now add just one adverb:
☛ Ech hu leider keng Zäit.
Suddenly, the sentence sounds more natural, more human, more real.
That’s the power of adverbs. Adverbs are words that can help make your sentences more interesting, because they add more detail to the situation.
In this episode, I show you:
✔️ where to place them correctly in Luxembourgish
✔️ how adverbs change the meaning and tone of a sentence
✔️ 10 practical adverbs you can start using right away
Where should you put an adverb in the sentence?
Adverbs are typically located:
- Immediately after the main verb
☛ Ech hu leider keng Zäit.
- At the beginning of your sentence:
☛ Leider hunn ech keng Zäit.
10 Luxembourgish Adverbs to Make Sentences More Interesting
Here are 10 interesting adverbs, along with example sentences for each.
leider – unfortunately
Beispiller (examples):
- Mir hate leider keng Chance mam Wieder. – We weren’t lucky with the weather, unfortunately.
- Leider hunn ech muer keng Zäit fir Tennis ze spillen. – Unfortunately I’ll have no time to play tennis tomorrow.
onbedéngt – absolutely
Beispiller (examples):
- Ech muss onbedéngt haut an d’Apdikt goen. – I must absolutely go to the pharmacy today.
- Wëlls du onbedéngt nees Pizza iessen? – Do you absolutely want to eat again pizza?
bestëmmt – certainly / definitely
is another way to say sécher
Beispiller (examples):
- Hien ass bestëmmt geschwënn hei. – He’ll be here shortly, for sure.
- Du hues bestëmmt Recht .… – You’re certainly right …
hoffentlech – hopefully
Beispiller (examples):
- Hoffentlech bleift d’Wieder de Weekend esou gutt. – Hopefully the weather will stay so good at the weekend.
- Hoffentlech huet den Zuch keng Verspéidung. – Hopefully the train is not delayed.
natierlech – of course
Beispiller (examples):
- Ech ginn natierlech mat dir bei den Dokter. – Of course, I’ll come with you to the doctor.
Natierlech kann ech der hëllefen. – Of course I can help you.
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ausserdeem – besides, in addition
Beispiller (examples):
- Ech hunn elo keng Zäit fir dir ze hëllefen an ausserdeem sinn ech midd. – I don’t have time now and in addition I am tired.
- Ausserdeem ass dësen Hotel vill ze deier.- In addition this hotel is far too expensive.
eventuell – may be / possibly
is another way to say vläicht
Beispiller (examples):
- Hues du eventuell Loscht den Owend an de Kino ze goen? – Would you possibly feel like going to the cinema tonight?
- Meng Eltere kommen eventuell muer op Besuch. – May be my parents will come to visit us tomorrow.
zemools – especially
is another way to say besonnesch
Beispiller (examples):
- D’Appartement gefält mir gutt, zemools d’Kichen. – I like the appartment especially the kitchen.
- Mäi Mann kacht gär, zemools indesch Platen. – My husband likes to cook, above all indian dishes.
an engems – at the same time / as well as
Beispiller (examples):
- Kaf an engems eng Baguette fir muer de Moien. – Buy at the same time a baguette for tomorrow morning.
- Mäi Student léiert Lëtzebuergesch an an engems Däitsch. – My student studies Luxembourgish as well as German.
mateneen – together, at a time
synonymes are zesummen, gläichzäiteg
Beispiller (examples):
- Si schwätzen net méi mateneen. – They don’t speak any more together.
- D’Kanner sinn all mateneen an de Bus geklomm. – The children got all at the same time onto the bus.
