halen
Luxembourgish verb conjugation — to hold · /hˈaːlən/
French tenir, maintenir · German halten · Portuguese segurar, amparar, suportar
In short: ech halen (mech), du häls (dech), hien hält (sech), mir halen (eis), dir haalt (iech), si halen (sech) — and in the past, ech hunn (mech) gehalen / gehal.
Present
Presens
| ech | halen (mech) |
| du | häls (dech) |
| hien / hatt / et | hält (sech) |
| mir | halen (eis) |
| dir | haalt (iech) |
| si | halen (sech) |
Perfect
Passé composé — the everyday past
| ech | hunn (mech) gehalen / gehal |
| du | hues (dech) gehalen / gehal |
| hien / hatt / et | huet (sech) gehalen / gehal |
| mir | hunn (eis) gehalen / gehal |
| dir | hutt (iech) gehalen / gehal |
| si | hunn (sech) gehalen / gehal |
Simple past
Imperfekt — used with a few verbs only
| ech | houl (mech) |
| du | houls (dech) |
| hien / hatt / et | houl (sech) |
| mir | houlen (eis) |
| dir | hoult (iech) |
| si | houlen (sech) |
Past perfect
Plusquamperfekt
| ech | hat (mech) gehalen / gehal |
| du | has (dech) gehalen / gehal |
| hien / hatt / et | hat (sech) gehalen / gehal |
| mir | haten (eis) gehalen / gehal |
| dir | hat (iech) gehalen / gehal |
| si | haten (sech) gehalen / gehal |
Conditional
Konditional
| ech | héil (mech) |
| du | héils (dech) |
| hien / hatt / et | héil (sech) |
| mir | héilen (eis) |
| dir | héilt (iech) |
| si | héilen (sech) |
Conditional perfect
would have …
| ech | hätt (mech) gehalen / gehal |
| du | häss (dech) gehalen / gehal |
| hien / hatt / et | hätt (sech) gehalen / gehal |
| mir | hätten (eis) gehalen / gehal |
| dir | hätt (iech) gehalen / gehal |
| si | hätten (sech) gehalen / gehal |
Imperative
Commands
| du | hal (dech)! |
| dir | haalt (iech)! |
halen in sentences
- ech schëdden, hal du den Triichter!
- hält wannechgelift ee mer d' Leeder?
- déi ganz Dall gëtt vun zwee Piliere gehalen
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Questions about halen
How do you conjugate halen in the present tense?
ech halen (mech), du häls (dech), hien / hatt / et hält (sech), mir halen (eis), dir haalt (iech), si halen (sech).
What is the past participle of halen?
gehalen / gehal.
Does halen take hunn or sinn in the perfect?
hunn: ech hunn (mech) gehalen / gehal.
How do you say "I hold" in Luxembourgish?
Ech halen (mech).
Does halen have a simple past?
Yes: ech houl (mech), du houls (dech), hien houl (sech). Most Luxembourgish verbs use only the perfect.
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