Das Verb „hunn“ (haben) im Präsens

Hunn means "to have". It is irregular in the singular, but the plural is easy: mir hunn and si hunn look like the infinitive.

Person	Form	Example
ech	hunn	Ech hunn en Hond. - I have a dog.
du	hues	Du hues Recht. - You're right.
hien / si / hatt	huet	Si huet zwee Kanner. - She has two children.
mir	hunn	Mir hunn Zäit. - We have time.
dir / Dir	hutt	Hutt Dir eng Fro? - Do you have a question?
si	hunn	Si hunn Honger. - They're hungry.

"I'm hungry" is "I have hunger"

Several things English says with "be" are said with hunn and a noun, as in German and French:

• Ech hunn Honger. - I'm hungry.
• Ech hunn Duuscht. - I'm thirsty.
• Ech hunn Angscht. - I'm scared.
• Du hues Recht. - You're right.

Ech sinn hongereg exists too, but Ech hunn Honger is the everyday way to say it, and the one to learn first.

hunn or hu?

The n-rule applies here too. Before a vowel or n, d, t, z, h you keep the -n: Ech hunn en Hond, Mir hunn Zäit. Before other consonants it goes: Ech hu keng Zäit - I have no time, Mir hu Gléck - we're lucky.

No "do" in questions

English needs "do" to ask "Do you have...?". Luxembourgish just puts the verb first: Hues du e Vëlo? - Do you have a bike? Hutt Dir e Moment? - Do you have a moment?

Hunn is also the helper verb for most past tenses: Ech hunn eng Bouneschlupp giess - I ate a bean soup.