Luxembourgish A1

Jobs and working hours Beruffer an Aarbechtszäiten

Say what you do for a living, name common jobs and talk about your working hours.

By the end of this lesson you can

Ask someone what they do and say what you do for a living.
Name common jobs, and know that a woman’s job often ends in -in.
Talk about your office, your boss, your colleagues and your working hours.

18 words and phrases

de Beruff: job, profession
Wat bass du vu Beruff?: What do you do for a living?
Ech schaffen als …: I work as …
schaffen: to work
d'Aarbechtszäit: working hours
d'Stonn: the hour
de Büro: the office
de Chef: the boss
de Mataarbechter: the colleague
de Dokter: the doctor
d'Léierin: the teacher (female)
de Verkeefer: the salesperson
d'Infirmière: the nurse (female)
den Ingenieur: the engineer
de Polizist: the police officer
de Kach: the chef
de Student: the student
d'Sekretärin: the secretary (female)

Grammar

Saying what you do

With a job, Luxembourgish uses no article: Ech sinn Dokter. A woman’s job often ends in -in: Léierin, Sekretärin.

You can also say what you work as with schaffen als: Ech schaffen als Verkeefer.

Ech sinn Dokter. — I am a doctor.
Mäi Papp ass Polizist. — My father is a police officer.
Meng Mamm schafft als Infirmière. — My mother works as a nurse.
Wat bass du vu Beruff? — What do you do for a living?

Practice

14 exercises: multiple choice, typing, matching pairs and word order.