Moien

All lessons

The whole course on one page, in order: 47 lessons, from the first greeting to a first look at C2. Each has its words with pronunciation, grammar notes and exercises.

A1 · Beginner

  1. The alphabet and sounds — D'Alphabet
    Learn the letters from A to Z by ear, and the spellings whose sounds an English reader does not expect. 30 words · 17 exercises
  2. Hello and goodbye — Moien an Äddi
    The words you will use every single day in Luxembourg: greeting, thanking, saying yes and no. 16 words · 14 exercises
  3. 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). 16 words · 14 exercises
  4. Numbers — Zuelen
    Count to a thousand, say your age and understand prices. 32 words · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  6. 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 · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  8. More colours — Méi Faarwen
    Go beyond the basic eight colours: orange, pink, purple, beige, gold and silver, and the word for colour itself. 13 words · 14 exercises
  9. Jobs and working hours — Beruffer an Aarbechtszäiten
    Say what you do for a living, name common jobs and talk about your working hours. 18 words · 14 exercises
  10. At the café — Am Café
    Order food and drink politely, ask for the bill, and meet a few national dishes. 21 words · 14 exercises
  11. At the restaurant and the grocer's — Am Restaurant an an der Epicerie
    Book a table, ask for the menu and the bill, order a meal and name the food you buy. 19 words · 14 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. 32 words · 15 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 · 14 exercises
  3. Weather and seasons — D'Wieder
    Small talk about the weather, the four seasons and what to wear. 22 words · 14 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 · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  6. Numbers: ordinals, prices and big numbers — Zuelen, Datumen a Präisser
    First, second, third: say the order of things and the date. Read prices in euros and cents, and numbers from hundreds up to millions. 28 words · 14 exercises
  7. Shopping and clothes — Butteker a Kleeder
    Go shopping: name the shops and the clothes, say whether something fits or is too small, and pay by card or in cash. You also meet the sales, discounts and the words for cheap and expensive. 27 words · 14 exercises
  8. Travel and transport — Rees a Verkéier
    Get around: tickets, platforms and timetables, the bus, the train and the plane, a delay, and the words you need to follow or give directions on the road. 31 words · 14 exercises
  9. Hobbies and free time — Fräizäit a Spaass
    Talk about what you do in your free time: sport, music, films and walks. Say what you like and what you prefer, and invite someone to join you or to a party. 26 words · 14 exercises
  10. Describing a person and a home — Eng Persoun an eng Wunneng beschreiwen
    Say what a person looks like and describe the rooms of a flat or a house. 21 words · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  2. At the doctor — Beim Dokter
    Explain what hurts, understand advice and deal with the pharmacy and health insurance. 26 words · 14 exercises
  3. Finding a home — Wunnen
    Read a flat advert, describe rooms, and compare: bigger, cheaper, the best. 25 words · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  5. School and learning — An der Schoul
    Talk about school and studying: the school year, subjects, the timetable and exams, and how languages come into it. 29 words · 14 exercises
  6. Plans and the future — Pläng fir d'Zukunft
    Say what you plan to do, make arrangements, weigh up options and talk about wishes, hopes and goals. 32 words · 14 exercises
  7. Post, bank and services — Op der Post an op der Bank
    Deal with letters, the bank and offices: write an address, fill in a form, ask about an account or a loan, and arrange or cancel an appointment. 30 words · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  2. Politics and society — Politik a Gesellschaft
    Follow the news about the Chamber, the government and the communes, and use the passive voice. 24 words · 14 exercises
  3. Environment and climate — Ëmwelt a Klima
    Discuss sustainability, waste and energy, and see how Luxembourgish builds nouns from verbs. 27 words · 14 exercises
  4. Media and news — Medien an Noriichten
    Follow RTL and the press, judge sources, and report what others have said. 22 words · 14 exercises
  5. Culture and the arts — Kultur a Konscht
    Talk about theatre, music, exhibitions and film: say what you saw, what you thought of it, and read a short review. 24 words · 14 exercises
  6. Science and technology — Wëssenschaft an Technologie
    Name the work of researchers, say what is being invented and developed, and explain in a sentence how something works. 34 words · 14 exercises
  7. Living across borders — Iwwer d'Grenz liewen
    Luxembourg lives with its neighbours: talk about commuting across the border, working with other countries and working in several languages. 26 words · 14 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 · 14 exercises
  2. Dealing with the administration — Administratioun
    Registering at the commune, tax forms, official letters and the vocabulary of MyGuichet. 26 words · 14 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. 32 words · 14 exercises
  4. Debate and persuasion — Debatt an Iwwerzeegung
    State a position, concede a point, object and sum up. The words of a debate, with the sentence patterns that carry them. 26 words · 14 exercises
  5. A multilingual society — Integratioun an Identitéit
    Languages, schools and newcomers in Luxembourg: say what the country is made of, how people live together and what holds them together. 19 words · 14 exercises
  6. Economy and the labour market — Wirtschaft an Aarbechtsmaart
    Jobs, pay, taxes and firms: the words for reading the economic news and talking about work, from the contract to social security. 27 words · 14 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 · 14 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 · 14 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. 31 words · 14 exercises
  4. Proverbs and sayings — Spréchwierder an Ausdréck
    Sayings are a way of speaking, not of reading word for word. Learn the words for proverb, quotation and figurative speech, and a set of sayings that the national dictionary records with their meaning. 23 words · 14 exercises
  5. The state and its institutions — Groussherzog, Chamber a Regierung
    How Luxembourg is governed: the Grand Duke, the Chamber of Deputies, the government, and the elections that put them there. The words are the ones the news and official texts use. 29 words · 14 exercises
  6. Humour, irony and register — Humor an Ironie
    Say what you mean, or say it with a wink. Words for jokes, irony and wordplay, for formal and informal speech, and for softening or sharpening a statement. 25 words · 14 exercises