Conversation Workout B1 - Mir schwätzen iwwer Reesen

Ready to take your Luxembourgish to the next Level with a B1 Conversation Workout? Natural speaking and understanding native speakers takes practice! Especially if you would like to have more interesting conversations. So this episode is all about helping you to sharpen first your listening comprehension skills but also your speaking skills so to help you sound more natural.

Today you will listen to a conversation between Jeannine and Anne. This will give you an idea how to have a conversation about your last trip / vacation and your next travel plans with a friend or even with someone you’ve just met. Talking about vacation can as well be a good way to start a conversation, so it’s useful if you know what to say and have some questions to ask and some answers to possible questions. The level of this conversation is A2-B1

Moien Jeannine,

J: Wat hues du déi lescht Zäit gemaach? What have you been doing lately?

A: Majo ech war bis gëschter zu London. Ech hunn do 4 Deeg verbruecht. Et war eng Geschäftsrees. Well I was in Londin til yesterday. I spent 4 days there. It was a business trip.

J: Ech war nach ni zu London. I’ve never been to London.

A: Rees du gär? Do you like to travel?

J: Jo ech reesen immens gär. Et gëtt esou vill voll Plazen op der Welt ze entdecken. Yes I love traveling. There so many wonderful places in the world to discover.

A: Wou waars du dann bis elo? Where have you been so far?

J: Ech war scho a vill schéi Länner, awer meng Liblingslänner sinn Asien . Ech war a Japan, Südkorea, Thailand an Indien. I’ve been to many beautiful countries, but my favourite countries were in Asia, I was in Japan ….

Ech léiere gär aner Kulturen kennen a sammelen och gär Erfarungen. I love getting to know different cultures and to gather experiences.

A: Dat kléngt jo super. That sounds great. Wat gefält dir dann am beschten an Asien? What is your favourite thing in Asia?

J. D’Iessen ass einfach wonnerbar. Sushi, Miso Zopp, asiatesch Nuddelen mat Poulet. Alles schmaacht esou lecker. The food is simple excellent. Sushi, Everything tastes so delicious

A:Ginn et nach aner Länner wou s du gär reese wëlls? Are there other countries you would like to visit

J: Natierlech Of course Ech géif gär an Sudamerika reesen an zwar a Brasilien, Argentinien, Peru . I would like to travel to South america more precisely to Brazil, Argentinia and Peru.

Och an Afrika ginn et vill Länner déi ech gär gesi géif, wéi Ägypten, Marocco, Tunesien. Also in Africa there are many countries I would like to see like Morocco, Egypt.

A: Ech reesen och immens gär fir nei Länner ze entdecken. I love to travel too and discover new places.

Wat war deng Liblingsplaz an Europa? What was your favourite place in Europe? 

J: Meng Liblingsplaz war Roum. D’Stad huet esou vill Geschicht a Kultur ze bidden an d’Iessen war esou lecker. Awer Barcelona war och fantastesch, d’Stad huet eng lieweg Atmosphär.

My favourite place was Rome.The city has so much history and culture to offer and the food was so delicious. But Barc was also fantastic. The city has a very lively atmosphere

A: Dat héiert sech jo fantastesch un. Ech war nach ni zu Roum, awer ech hunn héieren datt et do immens schéi soll sinn.

That sounds great. I’ve never been to Rome but I have heard that it is supposed to be very beautiful

Ech war eemol zu Florenz an zu Pisa. D’Konscht ass do formidabel. Et ginn esou vill Museeën, Palaisen, a flott Plazen zu Florenz. Dat war esou eng schéi Rees. Wat sinn deng nächst Reespläng? 

I’ve been once in Florence and Pisa. The art there is outstanding. There are so many museums, palaces and nice squares in Florence. That was such a beautiful trip. What are your next travel plans?

J: Am Moment plangen ech eng Rees an Australien. Ech géif gär d’Plagen an d’Nationalparken gesinn an d’Land kenneléieren. At the moment I’m planning a trip to Australia. I would like to see the beaches and the national parks and to get to know the country.

A:Wow dat kléngt richteg spannend. Ech hunn och Australien op menger Lëscht , awer ech mengen ech géif léiwer op Sydney a Melbourne reesen an dës Stied visitéieren. Wéi lang wëlls du dann an Australie bleiwen? 

Wow that sounds very exciting.I also have Australia on my list , but I think I would prefer tp go to Sy & Mel and visit these cities. How long do you plan to stay in Aust?

J: Ech plangen ongeféier ee Mount do ze bleiwen.Dann hunn ech genuch Zäit déi wichtegst Schéinheeten ze gesin. I plan to stay about one month there. Then I should have enough time to see the most important sights.

A: Mega. Da wënschen ech dir vill Spass an hoffen datt s du vill flott Erënnerungen sammele wäerts.Fantastic. Then I wish you lots of fun and hope that you gather a lot of great experiences

J: Merci dat hoffen ech och. Et huet mech gefreet mat dir ze schwätzen. Bis déi nächst Kéier.

Thank you I hope that too. It was nice to talk to you.Until next time.

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