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Iessen an Drénken

A2

Food & drink

What you eat and drink, cooking at home and typical Luxembourgish dishes.

Vocabulary

  • the food / meal
    D'Iessen zu Lëtzebuerg schmaacht mir gutt. — I like the food in Luxembourg.
  • the coffee
    Moies drénken ech ëmmer e Kaffi. — In the morning I always drink a coffee.
  • the fruit
    Ech iessen all Dag Uebst. — I eat fruit every day.
  • the vegetables
    Geméis ass gesond. — Vegetables are healthy.
  • the meat
    Ech iessen net vill Fleesch. — I don't eat much meat.
  • the fish
    Freides iesse mir dacks Fësch. — On Fridays we often eat fish.
  • the bread
    Moies iessen ech Brout mat Botter. — In the morning I eat bread with butter.
  • the restaurant
    Mir ginn haut an de Restaurant. — We are going to the restaurant today.
  • to cook
    Ech kache gär doheem. — I like cooking at home.
  • to taste (good)
    Dat huet mir gutt geschmaacht. — I liked that (it tasted good).
    Impersonal + dative: et schmaacht mir gutt = I like the taste.

Grammar that powers this topic

Noun gender & articles
de Kaffi, d'Iessen, d'Zopp — knowing the article is half of knowing the noun.
Verb-second word order
A time phrase first pushes the verb to slot two: 'Moies drénken ech e Kaffi.'
The perfect tense
hunn + participle for meals you have had: 'Ech hunn eng Zopp gekacht.'

Your ~5-minute answer

Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Ech iesse ganz gär Uebst a Geméis.
  • Moies drénken ech ëmmer e Kaffi.
  • Ech kache gär, virun allem einfach Geriichter.
  • Freides iesse mir dacks Fësch.
  • Um Weekend gi mir heiansdo an de Restaurant.
  • Gëschter hunn ech eng gutt Zopp gekacht.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Ech iesse gär Geméis.
  • Ech drénke gär Kaffi.
  • Ech kachen doheem.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Well ech op meng Gesondheet oppassen, iessen ech net vill Fleesch a kache meeschtens mat frëschem Geméis.
  • Obwuel ech net ëmmer Zäit hunn, probéieren ech all Owend fir meng Famill ze kachen.

Could you say this out loud right now?

Examiner follow-ups (formal Dir/Är)

This is where interactivity and consistency points are won or lost. Practise the answers, not just the monologue.

Q

Wat iesst Dir am léifsten?

What do you most like to eat?

↳ keep this consistent with your “origin” story

Q

Kacht Dir gär?

Do you like to cook?

Q

Gitt Dir dacks an de Restaurant?

Do you often go to a restaurant?

Q

Wat ass en typescht lëtzebuergescht Iessen?

What is a typical Luxembourgish dish?

Escape-hatch phrases (anti-freeze)

  • Ech weess net, wéi dat Geriicht op Lëtzebuergesch heescht.

    I don't know what that dish is called in Luxembourgish.

  • Wéi seet een dozou op Lëtzebuergesch?

    What do you call that in Luxembourgish?

  • Dat ass eppes Séisses.

    It's something sweet.

  • Dat iesst een normalerweis waarm.

    You normally eat that warm.

Photo-description practice (Part 1, task 2)

Describe: a family having dinner around a table — plates of food and glasses on the table
um Dëschum Telleran der Mëtt vum Dëschniewent dem Telleran der Kichen
Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Um Dësch stinn Teller mat Iessen.
  • D'Famill sëtzt ronderëm den Dësch an ësst zesummen.
  • Um Teller gesinn ech Fleesch a Geméis.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Ech gesinn eng Famill beim Iessen.
  • Um Dësch steet vill Iessen.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • An der Mëtt vum Dësch steet eng grouss Schossel, an all Persoun huet e Glas Waasser virun sech stoen.

Could you say this out loud right now?

Describe: a woman cooking at the stove in a kitchen, a pot steaming
an der Kichenum Häerdam Dëppenniewent dem Häerdum Kichendësch
Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • An der Kichen kacht eng Fra.
  • Um Häerd steet e grousst Dëppen.
  • Si réiert am Iessen.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Eng Fra kacht.
  • Ech gesinn eng Kichen.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Niewent dem Häerd leien Uebst a Geméis, déi d'Fra fir d'Iessen preparéiert.

Could you say this out loud right now?