✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: Jo (yoh)
- 👎 No: Nee (neh)
- 🙏 Please: Wann ech gelift (vahnn ekh guh-LEEFT)
- 😊 Thank you: Merci (MER-see)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Gär geschitt (gehr guh-SHEET)
- 😬 Sorry: Entschëllegt (ent-SHAYL-egt)
- 🙋 Excuse me: Entschëllegt (ent-SHAYL-egt)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Moien (MOY-en)
- 👋 Bye: Äddi (EH-dee)
- 🌞 Good morning: Gudden Moien (GOOD-den MOY-en)
- 🌙 Good night: Gudde Nuecht (GOOD-de NOO-sht)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: Wat ass dat? (vaht ahs daht?)
- 👤 Who?: Wien? (veen?)
- 🕒 When?: Wéini? (VAY-nee?)
- 📍 Where?: Wou? (voh?)
- 🛠️ How?: Wéi? (vay?)
- 🤔 Why?: Firwat? (feer-vaht?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Ech weess et net (ekh vayss et net)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Ech verstinn et net (ekh fer-SHTIN et net)
- 🔁 Again: Nach eng Kéier (nahkh eng KAY-er)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Kann ech…? (kahn ekh…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Gut (goot)
- 👎 Bad: Schlecht (shlekht)
- 😋 Yummy: Lekker! (LEK-er!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Ekelhaft! (eh-KEL-haft!)
- 🧸 I like it: Ech fannen et flott (ekh FAN-nuhn et flott)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Ech fannen et net flott (ekh FAN-nuhn et net flott)
- 💧 Water: Waasser (VAH-ser)
- 🍝 Food: Iessen (EE-sen)
- 👉 This: Dëst (dest)
- 👉 That: Dat (daht)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: Ech heeschen… (ekh HAY-shen…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: Wéi heeschs du? (vay HAY-shes do?)
- 🙋 I am: Ech sinn… (ekh sinn…)
- 👉 You are: Du bass… (doo bahss…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Ech sinn frou (ekh sinn frow)
- 😢 I’m sad: Ech sinn traureg (ekh sinn TROW-rek)
- 😴 I’m tired: Ech sinn midd (ekh sinn mit)
- 😡 I’m mad: Ech sinn rosen (ekh sinn ROH-zen)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Ech hu Wéi (ekh hoo vay)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Ech fillen net gutt (ekh FILL-en net goot)
- 🥰 I love you: Ech hun dech gaer (ekh hoon dekh GAIR)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Ech hunn Honger (ekh hunn HON-ger)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: Ech hunn Duerst (ekh hunn DURST)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Haut (howt)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Mueren (MURE-en)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Gëschter (GESH-ter)
- 🌅 Morning: Muer moies (muer MOY-es)
- 🌌 Night: Nuecht (noo-sht)
- ⏳ Now: Elo (AY-loh)
- 🔜 Later: Duerno (dwer-NO)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Riets (ree-ets)
- 🔙 Left: Lénks (lenks)
- ⬆️ Straight: Glaich (gly-ikh)
- ⬅️ Front: Virdrun (VEER-droon)
- ➡️ Behind: Hanner (HAH-ner)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Uewen (OO-ven)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: ënnen (EH-nen)
- 🏠 Inside: Bannenzeg (BAHN-en-zehg)
- 🌳 Outside: Dobaussen (DOH-bow-ssen)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Andoen (ahn-DOH-en)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Eraus (EH-rowss)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: Wéi vill kascht et? (vay fill kasht et?)
- 😮 Too much: Ze vill! (tseh fill!)
- 👌 A little: E bëssen (eh BEH-sen)
- 1️⃣ One: Ee (ay)
- 2️⃣ Two: Zwee (tsvay)
- 3️⃣ Three: Dräi (dry)
- 4️⃣ Four: Véier (VAY-er)
- 5️⃣ Five: Fënnef (FEN-ef)
- 6️⃣ Six: Sechs (zeks)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Sieben (SEE-ben)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Aacht (ahkht)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Néng (neng)
- 🔟 Ten: Zéng (tseng)
- 💯 One hundred: Honner (HON-ner)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Well (vel)
- 🧩 So…: Doduerch… (DOH-doo-erkh)
- 👀 If…: Wann… (vahn…)
- 🆚 But: Mee… (may…)
- 🔄 Or: Oder… (OH-der…)
- ➕ And: An (ahn)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Ech brauch (ekh brokh)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Ech wëll (ekh vell)
- 🙌 I give: Ech ginn (ekh ginn)
- 🤝 I help: Ech hëllef (ekh HEL-ef)
- 🙋 I ask: Ech froen (ekh froh-en)
- 🗣️ I say: Ech soen (ekh zohn)
- 👂 I listen: Ech héieren (ekh HEY-ren)
- 👀 I see: Ech gesinn (ekh guh-SIN)
- 🦶 I go: Ech ginn (ekh ginn)
- 🍽️ I eat: Ech iessen (ekh EE-sen)
- 🥤 I drink: Ech drénken (ekh DRAYn-ken)
- 🛌 I sleep: Ech schlofen (ekh SHLO-fen)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Hëllef! (HEL-ef!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Rou! (row!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Halt! (halt!)
- 👀 Look!: Kuck! (kook!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Ruh! (roo!)
- 👏 Come here: Hei! (hi!)
- ⏳ Wait: Waard! (vaard!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Super! (SOO-per!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Loosst eis goen! (LOWST Eis GOH-en!)