heem / doheem

Home: Heem and Doheem

Level 1

Ech ginn heem. (I am going home.) Ech sinn doheem. (I am at home.)

How It Works

Heem – towards home

  • Ech ginn heem. (I am going home.)
  • Wéini kënns du heem? (When are you coming home?) Heemkommen is written as one word in the infinitive and splits like a separable verb: ech komme spéit heem.
  • bis heem – all the way home.

Doheem – at home

  • Ech sinn doheem. (I am at home.)
  • Mir bleiwen haut doheem. (We are staying at home today.)
  • vun doheem aus – from home: Ech ruffe vun doheem aus un.

The question test
If the question is wuer (where to), use heem. If it is wou (where), use doheem. The same difference between movement and location returns with the two-way prepositions.

Examples (6)

  1. Ech ginn heem.

    I am going home.

    Word by Word: I go home.

    Ginn keeps its n before the h of heem.

  2. Ech sinn doheem.

    I am at home.

    Word by Word: I am at-home.

  3. Wéini kënns du heem?

    When are you coming home?

    Word by Word: When come you home?

    Heemkommen splits, and heem goes to the end.

  4. Mir bleiwen haut doheem.

    We are staying at home today.

    Word by Word: We stay today at-home.

  5. Ech waarden doheem op dech.

    I’ll wait for you at home.

    Word by Word: I wait at-home for you.

  6. Et ass net méi wäit bis heem.

    It isn’t far home any more.

    Word by Word: It is not more far until home.

Common Mistakes

  • Using heem for being at home.

    Ech sinn heem.
    Ech sinn doheem.

    To say where you are, use doheem. Heem always points towards home, so it cannot say that you are at home.

  • Using doheem with a verb of movement.

    Ech ginn doheem.
    Ech ginn heem.

    Goen describes movement, so the destination is heem.

How It Connects

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heem / doheemLevel 1Home: Heem and Doheem

Learn This First

Before Home: Heem and Doheem, learn Where and Where To: Wou and Wuer.

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