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Wieder a Joreszäiten

A2

Weather & seasons

The weather today, the seasons and what you like to do in each — easy small talk examiners love.

Vocabulary

  • the weather
    D'Wieder ass haut schéin. — The weather is nice today.
  • the season
    Et gëtt véier Joreszäiten. — There are four seasons.
  • the summer
    Am Summer ass et waarm. — In summer it is warm.
  • the winter
    Am Wanter ass et kal. — In winter it is cold.
  • the autumn / fall
    Am Hierscht falen d'Blieder. — In autumn the leaves fall.
  • the spring
    Am Fréijoer bléien d'Blummen. — In spring the flowers bloom.
  • the sun
    D'Sonn schéngt haut. — The sun is shining today.
  • the rain
    Haut gëtt et vill Reen. — Today there is a lot of rain.
    Verb: et reent = it's raining.
  • the snow
    Am Wanter läit heiansdo Schnéi. — In winter there is sometimes snow.
    Verb: et schneit = it's snowing.
  • cold
    Am Wanter ass et kal. — In winter it is cold.
    Opposite: waarm (warm).

Grammar that powers this topic

Verb-second word order
'Am Summer ass et waarm.' — the time phrase first, verb second, subject third.
Prepositions & cases
am Summer, am Wanter, um Buedem, op der Terrass — dative for time and place.
The perfect tense
Impersonal weather in the past: 'Gëschter huet et gereent.'

Your ~5-minute answer

Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Meng Lieblingsjoreszäit ass de Summer.
  • Am Summer ass et waarm an d'Sonn schéngt.
  • Am Fréijoer bléien d'Blummen.
  • Am Wanter ass et kal an heiansdo schneit et.
  • De Reen hunn ech net gär.
  • Gëschter huet et de ganzen Dag gereent.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Haut ass d'Wieder schéin.
  • Am Summer ass et waarm.
  • Am Wanter ass et kal.
  • Et reent oft.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Ech hunn de Summer am léifsten, well een dann méi laang dobausse bleiwe kann an d'Deeg vill méi laang sinn.
  • Obwuel et am Wanter dacks gro a kal ass, fannen ech de Schnéi schéin, wann en um Buedem läit.

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 ass Är léifst Joreszäit?

What is your favourite season?

Q

Wéi ass d'Wieder haut?

What is the weather like today?

Q

Wéi ee Wieder hutt Dir net gär?

What kind of weather do you not like?

Q

Wat maacht Dir am léifsten am Summer?

What do you most like to do in summer?

Escape-hatch phrases (anti-freeze)

  • Ech weess net, wéi dat op Lëtzebuergesch heescht.

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

  • Wéi seet een 'Niwwel' op Lëtzebuergesch?

    How do you say 'fog' in Luxembourgish?

  • D'Wieder hei ass ganz anescht wéi a mengem Heemechtsland.

    The weather here is very different from in my home country.

  • Haut ass wierklech schéint Wieder.

    Today the weather is really nice.

Photo-description practice (Part 1, task 2)

Describe: a snowy winter scene — children playing in the snow, snow on the roofs and trees
um Daachop de Beemum Buedemop der Stroossam Schnéi
Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Um Bild läit iwwerall Schnéi.
  • Op de Beem an um Daach läit vill Schnéi.
  • D'Kanner spillen am Schnéi.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Et ass Wanter.
  • Iwwerall läit Schnéi.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Um Buedem läit eng déck Schicht Schnéi, an op der Strooss fueren d'Autoen ganz lues.

Could you say this out loud right now?

Describe: a sunny summer day at an outdoor café — people sitting on a terrace in the sun
op der Terrassan der Sonnum Dëschënner engem Sonneschiermvirun engem Café
Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Op der Terrass sëtze vill Leit an der Sonn.
  • Um Dësch stinn e puer Glieser.
  • D'Sonn schéngt an et ass schéi waarm.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • D'Leit sëtzen dobaussen.
  • D'Sonn schéngt.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Ënner engem groussen Sonneschierm sëtzt eng Grupp Frënn, déi zesummen eppes drénken a laachen.

Could you say this out loud right now?