Introducing yourself Ech sinn…
Say who you are, where you are from and where you live. Meet the two most important verbs: sinn (to be) and hunn (to have).
15 words and phrases
- Ech heeschen …
- My name is …
- Wéi heeschs du?
- What's your name? (informal)
- Wéi heescht Dir?
- What's your name? (formal) Dir, written with a capital, is the polite "you".
- Ech sinn …
- I am …
- Ech kommen aus …
- I come from …
- Ech wunnen zu …
- I live in … (a town) Towns take "zu": zu Lëtzebuerg, zu Esch.
- Lëtzebuerg
- Luxembourg (the country and the city)
- Frankräich
- France
- Däitschland
- Germany
- d'Belsch
- Belgium Always with the article: "aus der Belsch".
- Portugal
- Portugal
- Ech sinn drësseg Joer al.
- I am thirty years old.
- Ech schwätzen Englesch.
- I speak English.
- e bëssen
- a little
- Freet mech!
- Nice to meet you!
Grammar
sinn (to be) and hunn (to have)
ech sinn, du bass, hien / si / hatt ass, mir sinn, dir sidd, si sinn.
ech hunn, du hues, hien / si / hatt huet, mir hunn, dir hutt, si hunn.
"hatt" is the neuter pronoun: it is used for things, and also for girls and young women. "Si" is she or they; the verb tells you which.
- Du bass aus Portugal. — You are from Portugal.
- Mir hunn zwee Kanner. — We have two children.
Countries and towns
Towns use "zu": ech wunnen zu Lëtzebuerg. Countries use "an": an Däitschland, a Frankräich (the n of "an" is dropped before F by the Eifel rule). Some countries carry an article: an der Belsch, an der Schwäiz.
Practice
6 exercises: multiple choice, typing, matching pairs and word order.