leien
Luxembourgish verb conjugation — to lie · /lˈɑɪən/
French être couché, être allongé · German liegen · Portuguese estar deitado, estar estendido
In short: ech leien, du läis, hien läit, mir leien, dir leit, si leien — and in the past, ech hu geleeën.
Present
Presens
| ech | leien |
| du | läis |
| hien / hatt / et | läit |
| mir | leien |
| dir | leit |
| si | leien |
Perfect
Passé composé — the everyday past
| ech | hu geleeën |
| du | hues geleeën |
| hien / hatt / et | huet geleeën |
| mir | hu geleeën |
| dir | hutt geleeën |
| si | hu geleeën |
Simple past
Imperfekt — used with a few verbs only
| ech | louch / loung |
| du | louchs / loungs |
| hien / hatt / et | louch / loung |
| mir | louchen / loungen |
| dir | loucht / loungt |
| si | louchen / loungen |
Past perfect
Plusquamperfekt
| ech | hat geleeën |
| du | has geleeën |
| hien / hatt / et | hat geleeën |
| mir | hate geleeën |
| dir | hat geleeën |
| si | hate geleeën |
Conditional
Konditional
| ech | léich |
| du | léichs |
| hien / hatt / et | léich |
| mir | léichen |
| dir | léicht |
| si | léichen |
Conditional perfect
would have …
| ech | hätt geleeën |
| du | häss geleeën |
| hien / hatt / et | hätt geleeën |
| mir | hätte geleeën |
| dir | hätt geleeën |
| si | hätte geleeën |
Imperative
Commands
| du | lei! |
| dir | leit! |
leien in sentences
- d' Kanner leie schonn am Bett
- hie läit gären um Bauch fir ze schlofen
- vum ville Leien hunn ech de Réck wond
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Questions about leien
How do you conjugate leien in the present tense?
ech leien, du läis, hien / hatt / et läit, mir leien, dir leit, si leien.
What is the past participle of leien?
geleeën.
Does leien take hunn or sinn in the perfect?
hunn: ech hu geleeën.
How do you say "I lie" in Luxembourgish?
Ech leien.
Does leien have a simple past?
Yes: ech louch / loung, du louchs / loungs, hien louch / loung. Most Luxembourgish verbs use only the perfect.
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