Littérature et histoire Literatur a Geschicht
Les auteurs que tout Luxembourgeois connaît, les dates qui ont fait le pays, et le passé simple des textes écrits.
28 mots et expressions
- Michel Rodange
- author of "Renert" (1872) A satirical fox epic about Luxembourgish society, the national poem.
- Dicks (Edmond de la Fontaine)
- father of Luxembourgish theatre "De Scholtschäin" (1855) was the first play in the language.
- Michel Lentz
- wrote "Ons Heemecht" The national anthem (1859, music by J. A. Zinnen) and "De Feierwon".
- 1839
- Treaty of London: the country takes its present borders
- 1867
- Second Treaty of London: neutrality, the fortress is dismantled
- 1890
- Luxembourg gets its own dynasty (Nassau-Weilburg)
- 1919
- universal suffrage; referendum keeps the monarchy
- 1940–1944
- German occupation; general strike in 1942
- 1952
- the European Coal and Steel Community settles in Luxembourg City
- 1984
- language law: Luxembourgish becomes the national language
- 1985
- the Schengen Agreement is signed at Schengen, on the Moselle
- d'Geschicht
- histoire
- d'Literatur
- littérature
- de Roman
- roman
- d'Gedicht
- poème
- den Dichter
- poète
- d'Onofhängegkeet
- indépendance / autonomie
- d'Besatzung
- équipage
- de Krich
- guerre
- de Fridden
- paix
- d'Festung
- forteresse
- d'Iwwersetzung
- traduction
- d'Satir
- satire
- erzielen
- raconter
- d'Handlung
- acte
- d'Figur
- silhouette / allure / ligne
- de Verlag
- maison d'édition / éditeur
Grammaire
The written past
Speech uses the perfect, but written narrative allows the simple past for a set of frequent verbs: war (was), hat (had), gouf (became / was), koum (came), goung (went), sot (said), wousst (knew), duecht (thought), fonnt (found), stoung (stood), krut (got).
Time clauses: nodeems (after), ier (before), wärend (while), soubal (as soon as), all with the verb at the end.
- Nodeems de Krich eriwwer war, koum de Fridden. — After the war was over, peace came.
- De Renert erschéngt 1872 a gouf zum Nationalepos. — Renert appeared in 1872 and became the national epic.
Exercices
6 exercices : choix multiple, saisie, association et remise en ordre.