virukommen

Luxembourgish verb conjugation — to make headway · /fˈiːʀukomən/

French (réussir à) avancer · German vorankommen · Portuguese (conseguir) avançar

Auxiliary
sinn
Past participle
virukomm
Level
A2 · separable

In short: ech komme virun, du kënns virun, hien kënnt virun, mir komme virun, dir kommt virun, si komme virun — and in the past, ech si virukomm.

Present

Presens

echkomme virun
dukënns virun
hien / hatt / etkënnt virun
mirkomme virun
dirkommt virun
sikomme virun

Perfect

Passé composé — the everyday past

echsi virukomm
dubass virukomm
hien / hatt / etass virukomm
mirsi virukomm
dirsidd virukomm
sisi virukomm

Simple past

Imperfekt — used with a few verbs only

echkoum virun
dukoums virun
hien / hatt / etkoum virun
mirkoume virun
dirkoumt virun
sikoume virun

Past perfect

Plusquamperfekt

echwar virukomm
duwaars virukomm
hien / hatt / etwar virukomm
mirware virukomm
dirwaart virukomm
siware virukomm

Conditional

Konditional

echkéim virun
dukéims virun
hien / hatt / etkéim virun
mirkéime virun
dirkéimt virun
sikéime virun

Conditional perfect

would have …

echwier virukomm
duwiers virukomm
hien / hatt / etwier virukomm
mirwiere virukomm
dirwiert virukomm
siwiere virukomm

Imperative

Commands

dukomm virun!
dirkommt virun!

virukommen in sentences

  • mir sinn trotz deene ville Stauen op der Autobunn nach gutt virukomm
  • d' Aarbechten um Bau komme gutt virun
  • mir si mat eisem Projet scho gutt virukomm

Read by native speakers for the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire.

Questions about virukommen

How do you conjugate virukommen in the present tense?

ech komme virun, du kënns virun, hien / hatt / et kënnt virun, mir komme virun, dir kommt virun, si komme virun.

What is the past participle of virukommen?

virukomm.

Does virukommen take hunn or sinn in the perfect?

sinn: ech si virukomm.

How do you say "I make headway" in Luxembourgish?

Ech komme virun.

Does virukommen have a simple past?

Yes: ech koum virun, du koums virun, hien koum virun. Most Luxembourgish verbs use only the perfect.

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