🌸 New Video: Spring Reflections, Language Growth & A Moment to Pause
Hello everyone,
After a long and intense Canadian winter, I finally had a moment to breathe, reflect, and reconnect—with nature, with you, and with the beautiful Luxembourgish language.
In my newest video, I take you with me to a peaceful park where I share some personal thoughts (all in Luxembourgish, of course!) about life, the seasons, and the journey of Learn Luxembourgish. Did you know we’ve been teaching Luxembourgish for nearly 10 years? Thousands of learners from all over the world—yes, including people with English as a second, third, or even fourth language—have taken their first Luxembourgish steps with us.
🌍 From bankers and IT professionals to Amazon employees and public servants, our students come from all walks of life. Some are preparing for their language test, while others just want to feel more at home in Luxembourg to understand their kids, their neighbours, and the world around them.
In the video, I also reflect on the importance of taking a break, of sitting in the sun and simply listening to the birds. Spring is a time for new beginnings—so why not make it the start of your Luxembourgish journey?
🎥 Watch the video now for a gentle, immersive Luxembourgish moment, and let yourself get inspired:
Look below to find the Luxembourgish video transcript as well as the full English translation of the video.
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Bis geschwënn!
Liz
www.learnluxembourgish.com
English video translation:
Luxembourgish video transcript:
Hello, it's Liz from www.learnluxembourgish.com.
Today I brought you along to a park just to have a little chat and give you a bit of Luxembourgish content, to spend a bit of time with you.
It's been such a long time since I made a video.
Yeah, and I don't know how you're doing, but sometimes life really is hectic, and one thing happens after another.
They're not necessarily big things, but there’s always something keeping you busy.
And voilà, I think I needed this moment too—to come to a park and just sit in the sun for a bit.
Because I find winters in Canada are really long and hard, and when the sun starts to come out again and everything starts turning green again, and flowers begin to bloom, you just feel the need to go outside and take a deep breath.
Like this… listen to the birds and just pause for a moment.
I think spring is often also a time when you reflect, think about new beginnings, and look back at what you've accomplished.
And I realized that I founded Learn Luxembourgish in 2015, and that’s almost ten years ago, which shocked me.
And in these almost ten years, we’ve taught Luxembourgish to thousands of people—thousands of people from all nationalities, people who’ve come from all over the world: Americans, Canadians, Brits, and also a huge number of people—perhaps even the majority of our students—who don’t speak English as their mother tongue but as a second, third, or fourth language.
And we’ve still managed to successfully teach them Luxembourgish.
Many Russians, Poles, French, Belgians, Germans, Chinese, Asians in general, Greeks, Turks, Portuguese, Spaniards, Italians…
Today, everyone speaks English, and through English, we’re able to teach Luxembourgish.
What’s also interesting is that our students come from very different professional backgrounds.
We have people in the banking sector, in IT, people who work in data centers in Luxembourg, people who work at Amazon, Paul Wurth, KPMG, people who work at the Post in Luxembourg.
It’s always interesting to learn where people work and why they want to learn Luxembourgish.
Many people learn Luxembourgish to pass the language test, but also simply to integrate into Luxembourg and to understand their children who already speak Luxembourgish.
I’m happy to be able to help people integrate, because I think it’s important to learn the language of the country you live in.
But it’s also a matter of pride and respect.
And I believe you gain so much more personally when you speak the language of the place you live.
You understand the news—the local news—and the traffic updates, the little things, and you can better understand and participate in local traditions.
Through language, I think you gain personal richness.
Now that I’m sitting here in the park, I realize just how much I needed this.
And I wonder—when was the last time you took a break?
Your last moment to just sit in nature and pause for a bit?
To reflect a bit on what you’ve done and what you want to do in the future?
Breaks are somehow undervalued in our society, I think.
Maybe Europe is a bit better at taking breaks than North America, but overall I think our society is just built in a way that you always have to keep going—fast and a lot.
Voilà, that’s all I have to say for now.
I hope you enjoyed getting a bit of content in Luxembourgish.
And I hope to see you in one of our courses soon—whether it’s a beginner course or an advanced one—we can support everyone, and we do it gladly.
OK, thank you so much for watching, and have a great day.
Moien, et ass d’Liz vun www.learnluxembourgish.com
Ech hunn iech haut mat an e Park geholl fir einfach e bëssen ze schnëssen
an iech e bëssen lëtzebuergesche Contenu ze ginn
e bëssen Zäit mat iech ze verbréngen
Et ass schonn erëm esou laang hier, dass ech e Video gemaach hunn.
Ja, mee ech weess net wéi et iech geet, mee heiansdo ass d’Liewe wierklech hektesch
an et geschitt eng Saach no där anerer
an et sinn net onbedéngt grouss Saachen
mee et ass ëmmer iergendeppes wat ee beschäftegt
an voilà an ech mengen ech hunn och dës Stonn e bësse gebraucht
fir an e Park ze kommen an einfach e bëssen an der Sonn ze sëtzen
well ech fannen dass d’Wanteren a Kanada wierklech laang an haart sinn
a wann dann d’Sonn ufänkt erauszekommen an alles erëm ufänkt gréng ze ginn
an d’Blummen fänken u mat bléien
dann huet een ëmmer dee Besoin fir erauszegoen
an enker duerch - enker déif duerchzeootmen
esou
de Villercher nozelauschteren
an einfach nëmmen enker ze pausen.
Ech fannen d’Fréijoer ass oft och esou eng Zäit wou een e bëssen iwwerleet, nodenkt
iwwer nei Ufäng, an enker zeréckkucken, wat een esou geleescht huet
an dunn ass mer opgefall, dass ech Learn Luxembourgish 2015 gegrënnt hunn an dass dat bal zéng Joer hier sinn, wat mech schockéiert
a mir hunn an deene bal zéng Joer, dausende vu Leit, dausende vu Leit, Lëtzebuergesch bäibruecht,
Leit vun allen Nationalitéiten hier
Leit déi uechtert ganz Welt komm sinn: Amerikaner, Kanadier, Briten,
an och immens vill Leit,
vläit esouguer de Groussdeel vun eise Studenten si Leit, déi net Englesch als Mammesprooch schwätzen
mee déi Englesch als zweet, drëtt, véiert Sprooch schwätzen
an deene mir trotzdem gutt Lëtzebuergesch bäibrénge kënnen
vill Russen, Polen, Fransousen, Belsch, Däitsch, Chineesen, Asiaten iwwerhaapt, Griichen, Tierken, Portugisen, Spuenier, Italieener,…
Haut schwätzt jiddwereen Englesch an da kënne mer iwwer d’Englesch och Lëtzebuergesch ënnerriichten.
A wat och interessant ass, dat ass dass en eis Studente vun ganz verschiddenen professionellen Hannergrënn kommen.
Mir hu Leit am Bankesecteur, am IT Secteur, Leit, déi an Datenzenteren zu Lëtzebuerg schaffen, Leit déi bei Amazon schaffen, Leit déi bei Paul Wurth oder KPMG schaffen, Leit déi bei der Post schaffen zu Lëtzebuerg.
Et ass ëmmer interessant fir erauszefannen, wou d’Leit schaffen an firwat si wëlle Lëtzebuergesch léieren.
Et si vill Leit, déi léiere Lëtzebuergesch fir de Sproochentest ze maachen, mee och einfach fir sech z’integréieren zu Lëtzebuerg an hir Kanner ze verstoen déi well Lëtzebuergesch schwätzen.
Ech si frou fir kënnen de Leit hir Integratioun ze facilitéieren well ech fannen et wichteg, dass een déi Sprooch léiert an deem Land wou ee wunnt. Mee et ass och eng Saach vu Stolz an och Respekt.
An ech fannen, et gewënnt ee perséinlech esou vill méi wann een d’Sprooch schwätzt vun do wou ee wunnt.
Da versteet een d’Noriichten, déi lokal Noriichten, an och d’Traficknews, oder sou, Klengegkeeten,
an et kann een och méi déi lokal Traditioune verstinn an och do deelhuelen.
Ech fannen duerch d’Sprooch gewënnt ee perséinlech u Räichtum.
Elo wou ech hei am Park sëtzen, elo fält mer eigentlech op wéi vill ech dat gebraucht hunn
An da froen ech mech, wéini är lescht Paus war, déi dir gemaacht hutt, äre leschte Moment fir einfach
enker sech kuerz an d’Natur ze sëtzen an ze pausen
e bëssen introspektiv ze kucken, wat ee gemaach huet a wat ee wëllt maachen an der Zukunft.
Pausen ass iergendswéi ënnerbewäert an eiser Gesellschaft mengen ech.
Vläicht ass Europa e bësse besser dran am Pausen wéi Nordamerika, mee insgesamt mengen ech ass eis Gesellschaft einfach esou opgebaut, dass een ëmmer muss weidermaachen, séier, vill.
Voilà, dat ass alles wat ech ze soen hunn am Moment.
Ech hoffen, et huet iech gefall fir e bësse Contenu op Lëtzebuergesch ze hunn.
An ech hoffen iech an engem Cours vun eis ze gesinn deemnächst, ob et en Ufängercours ass oder e Cours fir avancéiert Leit, mir kënne jiddweree begleeden a mir maachen et gär.
OK, villmools Merci fir d’Kucken, e schéinen Dag nach.