Moien

All lessons

The whole course on one page, in order: 26 lessons from the first greeting to C2. Each has its words with pronunciation, grammar notes and exercises.

A1 · Beginner

  1. Hello and goodbye — Moien an Äddi
    The words you will use every single day in Luxembourg: greeting, thanking, saying yes and no. 16 words · 6 exercises
  2. 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 · 6 exercises
  3. Conjugating a verb — Verben konjugéieren
    Six persons, three endings, and two verbs that do their own thing. Once you can conjugate wunnen, you can conjugate most verbs in the language. 13 words · 6 exercises
  4. Numbers — Zuelen
    Count to a thousand, say your age and understand prices. 32 words · 6 exercises
  5. Days, months and time — Deeg, Méint an Auerzäit
    Make an appointment: the days of the week, the months, and telling the time. 22 words · 6 exercises
  6. At the café — Am Café
    Order food and drink politely, ask for the bill, and meet a few national dishes. 21 words · 6 exercises
  7. Family and colours — Famill a Faarwen
    Talk about the people closest to you, and describe things by colour. Also: my, your, his, her. 23 words · 6 exercises

A2 · Elementary

  1. My day — Mäin Dag
    Describe a normal day with regular verbs in the present tense, times of day and how often you do things. 26 words · 6 exercises
  2. Around town — An der Stad
    Ask the way, understand directions and use public transport, which is free across the whole country. 21 words · 6 exercises
  3. Weather and seasons — D'Wieder
    Small talk about the weather, the four seasons and what to wear. 22 words · 6 exercises
  4. Talking about yesterday — Gëschter
    The perfect tense: what you did, where you went and what you ate, with hunn or sinn plus a participle. 19 words · 6 exercises
  5. Can, must, want — Kënnen, mussen, wëllen
    The modal verbs let you ask for help, make polite requests and say what you must or want to do. 15 words · 6 exercises

B1 · Intermediate

  1. At work — Op der Aarbecht
    Talk about your job and workplace, and build longer sentences with datt, well and fir … ze. 21 words · 6 exercises
  2. At the doctor — Beim Dokter
    Explain what hurts, understand advice and deal with the pharmacy and health insurance. 26 words · 6 exercises
  3. Finding a home — Wunnen
    Read a flat advert, describe rooms, and compare: bigger, cheaper, the best. 25 words · 6 exercises
  4. Festivals and traditions — Fester an Traditiounen
    The Luxembourgish year: National Day, the Schueberfouer, Easter whistles and Saint Nicholas. Plus dates and ordinal numbers. 17 words · 6 exercises

B2 · Upper intermediate

  1. Giving your opinion — Meenungen
    Agree, disagree and weigh arguments, with the connectors and the conditional (géif, hätt, wier) you need for a real discussion. 24 words · 6 exercises
  2. Politics and society — Politik a Gesellschaft
    Follow the news about the Chamber, the government and the communes, and use the passive voice. 23 words · 6 exercises
  3. Environment and climate — Ëmwelt a Klima
    Discuss sustainability, waste and energy, and see how Luxembourgish builds nouns from verbs. 26 words · 6 exercises
  4. Media and news — Medien an Noriichten
    Follow RTL and the press, judge sources, and report what others have said. 22 words · 6 exercises

C1 · Advanced

  1. Idioms and register — Riedensaarten
    Sound like a local: common idioms, and the difference between formal and informal address in speech and letters. 19 words · 6 exercises
  2. Dealing with the administration — Administratioun
    Registering at the commune, tax forms, official letters and the vocabulary of MyGuichet. 26 words · 6 exercises
  3. Literature and history — Literatur a Geschicht
    The writers every Luxembourger knows, the dates that made the country, and the narrative past tense of written texts. 28 words · 6 exercises

C2 · Mastery

  1. Varieties and history of the language — Dialekter a Sproochgeschicht
    Where Luxembourgish comes from, how it was standardised, its French and German layers, and the rule that governs the final n. 23 words · 6 exercises
  2. Law, money and work — Recht, Geld an Aarbecht
    The register of contracts, courts and the economy: indexation, the tripartite, the minimum wage and how laws enter into force. 34 words · 6 exercises
  3. Style, nuance and argument — Stil a Rhetorik
    The finest distinctions: near-synonyms, the little particles that colour a sentence, and the vocabulary of analysis. 30 words · 6 exercises