Wording
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Phonetic
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English
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Salut | Sah-loo | Hello/Hi |
Au Revoir | Aw Rev-wah | Good Bye! |
Parlez Vous Anglais / Francais? | Pah-lay Voo On-glay / Fron-say | Do you speak English / Spanish? |
Je M'appelle... | Sheh Map-el | My name is… |
Pouvez Vous M'aider? | Poo-vay Voo May-de | Can you help me? |
Je Recherche... | Shey Ree-chursh | I’m looking for… |
Oui / Non | Wee / Noh | Yes / No |
Merci | Mur-see | Mr / Mrs / Miss |
Aujourd Hui / Maintenant | Oh-shord Wee / Mane-ten-on | Today / Now |
Demain / Hier | Deh-mon / He-air | Tomorrow / Yesterday |
Ce / Que / Ici / La | See / Kay / Ee-see / Lah | This / That / Here / There |
Phrases
Above are a few common French phrases to help you get around.
Languages
Luxembourgish is considered the national language as 90% of Luxembourg’s residents speak it; however, French is more widely spoken by 96% of the population. Additionally, 92% speak German and 61% speak English. A further 12% speak other languages of varying sorts, mainly European in origin.
It should be noted that a wide portion of the population is Trilingual, or at least Bilingual, and will speak a combination of Luxembourgish, French, German and English. Many schools also teach Spanish, Portuguese, Latin and other languages of mainly European origin.