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Fräizäit an Hobbyen

A2

Hobbies & free time

Sports, pastimes and how you relax — a friendly warm-up topic in almost every interview.

Vocabulary

  • free time
    A menger Fräizäit liesen ech gär. — In my free time I like to read.
  • the hobby
    Mäin Hobby ass Fotografie. — My hobby is photography.
  • the sport / exercise
    Ech maache reegelméisseg Sport. — I exercise regularly.
  • the book
    Ech liese gär e gutt Buch. — I like reading a good book.
  • the film / movie
    Owes kucke mir gär e Film. — In the evening we like to watch a film.
  • the music
    Ech lauschtere gär Musek. — I like listening to music.
  • the club / association
    Ech sinn an engem Foussballveräin. — I am in a football club.
  • gladly / to like doing
    Ech spille gär Foussball. — I like playing football.
    Add to a verb to say you enjoy it; compares gär → léiwer → am léifsten.
  • to go for a walk
    Ech ginn all Owend spadséieren. — I go for a walk every evening.
    Often with goen: spadséieren goen.
  • to swim
    Am Summer gi mir schwammen. — In summer we go swimming.
    Motion uses ginn/sinn: Ech gi schwammen.

Grammar that powers this topic

Verb-second word order
The conjugated verb stays in second position: 'A menger Fräizäit maachen ech gär Sport.'
The perfect tense
Say what you did with hunn + participle: 'Lescht Woch hunn ech e gutt Buch gelies.'
Comparison of adverbs
gär → léiwer → am léifsten — the pattern for saying what you prefer to do.

Your ~5-minute answer

Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • A menger Fräizäit maachen ech gär Sport.
  • Ech ginn zweemol d'Woch schwammen.
  • Owes lauschteren ech gär Musek.
  • Um Weekend treffen ech mech mat menge Frënn.
  • Lescht Woch hunn ech e gutt Buch gelies.
  • Ech sinn och an engem Foussballveräin.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Ech maache gär Sport.
  • Ech liese gär.
  • Ech kucke gär Filmer.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Wann ech Zäit hunn, ginn ech am léifste spadséieren, well ech esou am beschten ofschalte kann.
  • Obwuel ech no der Aarbecht oft midd sinn, huelen ech mir ëmmer Zäit fir meng Hobbyen.

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 maacht Dir am léifsten a Ärer Fräizäit?

What do you most like to do in your free time?

Q

Maacht Dir reegelméisseg Sport?

Do you exercise regularly?

Q

Wat maacht Dir gewéinlech um Weekend?

What do you usually do at the weekend?

↳ keep this consistent with your “family” story

Q

Mat wiem verbréngt Dir Är Fräizäit?

Who do you spend your free time with?

↳ keep this consistent with your “family” story

Escape-hatch phrases (anti-freeze)

  • Ech maachen dat einfach gär, ech kann net richteg soen firwat.

    I just like doing it, I can't really say why.

  • Wéi seet een '...' op Lëtzebuergesch?

    How do you say '...' in Luxembourgish?

  • Dat ass en Hobby, dee vill Leit hunn.

    It's a hobby that many people have.

  • Ech hunn de Moment net vill Zäit fir Hobbyen.

    At the moment I don't have much time for hobbies.

Photo-description practice (Part 1, task 2)

Describe: people relaxing in a park — a man reading on a bench, children playing on the grass
op der Bänkop der Wissam Parkan der Sonnhannert de Beem
Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Um Bild gesinn ech e Park.
  • Op der Bänk sëtzt e Mann a liest e Buch.
  • Op der Wiss spillen zwee Kanner mat engem Ball.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Ech gesinn e Park.
  • D'Leit rouen sech aus.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Am Hannergrond, hannert de Beem, kann een d'Stad gesinn, an all d'Leit schéngen entspaant ze sinn.

Could you say this out loud right now?