Languages in Luxembourg

C2 · Mastery · 8 lines

The dialogue, in order:

1. The first speaker: Schwätz du Englesch?
   Do you speak English?
2. The second speaker: Ech schwätzen Englesch.
   I speak English.
3. The first speaker: Ech ka mech am beschten a menger Mammesprooch ausdrécken.
   I can express myself best in my mother tongue.
4. The second speaker: Lëtzebuerg war schonn ëmmer e méisproochegt Land.
   Luxembourg has always been a multilingual country.
5. The first speaker: Ech wëll Lëtzebuergesch schwätzen.
   I want to speak Luxembourgish.
6. The second speaker: Lëtzebuergesch gouf 1984 Nationalsprooch.
   Luxembourgish became the national language in 1984.
7. The first speaker: d'Méisproochegkeet
   multilingualism
8. The second speaker: Jo
   Yes

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The lines are taught in: Hello and goodbye, Conjugating a verb, Introducing yourself, Can, must, want, Politics and society, A multilingual society, Varieties and history of the language

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