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Vakanz a Rees

A2

Holidays & travel

Describing your holidays, where you travel, how you get there, and your dream trip.

Vocabulary

  • the holiday / vacation
    An de Summervakanze fuere mir op Portugal. — In the summer holidays we go to Portugal.
  • the trip / journey
    D'Rees war laang, mee flott. — The journey was long, but nice.
  • the airport
    Mir waarden um Fluchhafen op de Fliger. — We wait for the plane at the airport.
    Location is dative: 'um Fluchhafen'.
  • the airplane
    Mir fléien mam Fliger op Spuenien. — We fly to Spain by plane.
  • the hotel
    Mir bleiwen an engem Hotel um Mier. — We stay in a hotel by the sea.
  • the beach
    Ech léien de ganzen Dag um Strand. — I lie on the beach all day.
    Location is dative: 'um Strand'.
  • the suitcase
    Owes packen ech mäi Koffer. — In the evening I pack my suitcase.
  • the sea
    Ech schwamme gär am Mier. — I like to swim in the sea.
  • to travel
    Ech si scho vill gereest. — I have travelled a lot already.
    Motion verb — perfect with sinn: 'Ech sinn op Italien gereest.'
  • to visit
    Ech besichen gär nei Stied. — I like to visit new cities.

Grammar that powers this topic

The perfect tense
Holidays are told in the past: 'Mir sinn op Spuenien gefuer', 'Mir si mam Fliger geflunn'.
Prepositions & cases
Direction vs place: 'op Portugal, un d'Mier' (to) versus 'um Mier, um Strand' (at).
The dative case
Where you stayed is dative: 'an engem Hotel, um Strand, an der Sonn'.

Your ~5-minute answer

Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Ech maache ganz gär Vakanz an ech reesen och gär.
  • Lescht Joer sinn ech mat menger Famill op Portugal gefuer.
  • Mir hunn e puer Wochen an engem klengen Hotel um Mier gewunnt.
  • All Dag ware mir um Strand an owes si mir an d'Stad iesse gaangen.
  • D'Wieder war fantastesch an ech hu vill Fotoen gemaach.
  • Nächst Joer wëll ech gär eng Stad an Italien besichen.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Ech reese ganz gär.
  • Lescht Joer war ech op Portugal.
  • Mir waren um Strand.
  • D'Vakanz war flott.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Well ech vill schaffen, freeën ech mech ëmmer op meng Vakanz, wou ech endlech ausrouen kann.
  • Wann ech méi Zäit an Suen hätt, géif ech gär eng grouss Rees ëm d'Welt maachen.

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

Wou fuert Dir am léifsten an d'Vakanz?

Where do you most like to go on holiday?

↳ keep this consistent with your “holiday-destination” story

Q

Wéi sidd Dir dohinner gereest?

How did you travel there?

Q

Wat maacht Dir gär an der Vakanz?

What do you like to do on holiday?

Q

Wou wëllt Dir eng Kéier hinreesen?

Where would you like to travel someday?

Escape-hatch phrases (anti-freeze)

  • Ech weess de Numm vun der Plaz net op Lëtzebuergesch.

    I don't know the name of the place in Luxembourgish.

  • Dat war eng Rees, déi ech ni vergiessen.

    That was a trip I'll never forget.

  • Wéi seet een dat Land op Lëtzebuergesch?

    How do you say that country in Luxembourgish?

  • Ech muss e bësse nodenken, ee Moment wgl.

    I need to think a bit, one moment please.

Photo-description practice (Part 1, task 2)

Describe: a family relaxing at the beach by the sea, children playing in the sand
um Strandum Mierop der lénker Säithannert de Kanneran der Sonnop engem Handduch
Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Op dësem Bild gesäit een eng Famill um Strand um Mier.
  • Op der lénker Säit spillen zwee Kanner am Sand.
  • Hannert de Kanner sëtzt eng Fra ënner engem Sonneschierm.
  • An der Sonn läit e Mann op engem Handduch a liest e Buch.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Op dem Bild ass eng Famill um Strand.
  • D'Kanner spillen am Sand.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Well d'Wieder schéin ass, verbréngt d'Famill de ganzen Dag um Strand, wärend d'Kanner am Waasser schwammen.

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