kafen
Luxembourgish verb conjugation — to buy · /kˈaːfən/
French acheter · German kaufen · Portuguese comprar
In short: ech kafen, du keefs, hien keeft, mir kafen, dir kaaft, si kafen — and in the past, ech hu kaaft / kaf.
Present
Presens
| ech | kafen |
| du | keefs |
| hien / hatt / et | keeft |
| mir | kafen |
| dir | kaaft |
| si | kafen |
Perfect
Passé composé — the everyday past
| ech | hu kaaft / kaf |
| du | hues kaaft / kaf |
| hien / hatt / et | huet kaaft / kaf |
| mir | hu kaaft / kaf |
| dir | hutt kaaft / kaf |
| si | hu kaaft / kaf |
Past perfect
Plusquamperfekt
| ech | hat kaaft / kaf |
| du | has kaaft / kaf |
| hien / hatt / et | hat kaaft / kaf |
| mir | hate kaaft / kaf |
| dir | hat kaaft / kaf |
| si | hate kaaft / kaf |
Conditional perfect
would have …
| ech | hätt kaaft / kaf |
| du | häss kaaft / kaf |
| hien / hatt / et | hätt kaaft / kaf |
| mir | hätte kaaft / kaf |
| dir | hätt kaaft / kaf |
| si | hätte kaaft / kaf |
Imperative
Commands
| du | kaf! |
| dir | kaaft! |
kafen in sentences
- ech kafe mir elo eng gutt Mettwurscht!
- mir hunn net genuch Suen, fir eis en Haus ze kafen
- EGS vun dengem gudde Rot kann ech mer näischt kafen däi gudde Rot hëlleft mer net virun
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Questions about kafen
How do you conjugate kafen in the present tense?
ech kafen, du keefs, hien / hatt / et keeft, mir kafen, dir kaaft, si kafen.
What is the past participle of kafen?
kaaft / kaf.
Does kafen take hunn or sinn in the perfect?
hunn: ech hu kaaft / kaf.
How do you say "I buy" in Luxembourgish?
Ech kafen.
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