Lesson 3: Polite Suggestions and Hypothetical Scenarios in Business Meetings (Konjunktiv II, Nuanced Opinions & Idioms)
Learn to use Konjunktiv II to make polite suggestions and conditional statements in the context of business meetings, while expressing nuanced opinions and mastering key idioms.
About this lesson
The third lesson in the B2 course builds on the foundations of polite communication, with a focus on Konjunktiv II (würde, hätte, wäre, könnte, sollte) in professional settings. You will practise formulating suggestions, conditions, and assumptions, as well as constructing arguments using nuanced expressions. We also introduce frequently used idioms and discourse markers to help you sound natural and confident in meetings and when discussing current events.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Formulate polite suggestions and requests using Konjunktiv II (würde/könnte/sollte).
- Express hypothetical scenarios and conditions in a professional context (wenn, falls, unter der Voraussetzung).
- Introduce and nuance opinions with appropriate discourse markers and hedging expressions (e.g. meines Erachtens, soweit ich sehe).
- Use a curated set of idioms effectively in workplace conversations.
- Recognise and correct typical errors in conditional sentences and polite forms.