ëmmer méi
More and More: Ëmmer Méi
Ëmmer méi means more and more: Et gëtt ëmmer méi deier. Ëmmer méi Leit schwätze Lëtzebuergesch.
How It Works
1. With an adjective
Most adjectives form the comparative with méi, so put ëmmer in front: Et gëtt ëmmer méi deier. D'Deeg ginn ëmmer méi laang. The verb ginn (to become) is the usual partner for this kind of change.
2. One-word comparatives
With besser, léiwer or manner, ëmmer goes directly before them, without méi (besser/léiwer/manner): Däi Lëtzebuergesch gëtt ëmmer besser!
3. With a noun
Ëmmer méi and ëmmer manner go before the noun, which has no article: Ëmmer méi Leit schwätze Lëtzebuergesch. Ech hunn ëmmer manner Zäit.
4. With a verb
Hie schafft ëmmer méi. (He works more and more.)
5. Word order
Ëmmer méi with its noun can fill the first place, so the verb comes next: Ëmmer méi Leit schwätze Lëtzebuergesch.
Do not confuse this with ëmmer on its own, which means always, or with nach ëmmer, which means still.
Examples (6)
- Et gëtt ëmmer méi deier.
It is getting more and more expensive.
- Ëmmer méi Leit schwätze Lëtzebuergesch.
More and more people speak Luxembourgish.
Ëmmer méi Leit is the first element, so the verb follows.
- D'Deeg ginn ëmmer méi laang.
The days are getting longer and longer.
- Däi Lëtzebuergesch gëtt ëmmer besser!
Your Luxembourgish is getting better and better!
Besser is already a comparative, so there is no méi.
- Ech hunn ëmmer manner Zäit.
I have less and less time.
- Hie schafft ëmmer méi.
He works more and more.
Common Mistakes
Adding méi to a one-word comparative.
Däi Lëtzebuergesch gëtt ëmmer méi besser!Däi Lëtzebuergesch gëtt ëmmer besser!Besser already means better, so méi would make a double comparative.
Dropping the n of hunn before ëmmer.
Ech hu ëmmer manner Zäit.Ech hunn ëmmer manner Zäit.Ëmmer starts with a vowel, so by the n-rule hunn keeps its n.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Before More and More: Ëmmer méi, learn Comparing: Méi ... wéi and How Often: Ëmmer, Dacks, Heiansdo, Ni.
Related Patterns
- besser / léiwer / mannerIrregular Comparatives
With these one-word comparatives, ëmmer stands directly in front: ëmmer besser.
Level 2 - jee méi ... desto méiThe More ..., The More ...
Jee ... desto links two amounts that grow together.
Level 4 - vill / e bëssen / e puerQuantities: Vill, E Bëssen and E Puer
Méi is the comparative of vill, so ëmmer méi Leit means more and more people.
Level 2
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