Lesson 5: B2 — Lesson 5: Workplace Meetings & Diplomatic Expression of Opinion (Konjunktiv II and Reported Speech)
A focus on polite suggestions, conditionality, and reported speech in the context of business meetings and the discussion of abstract topics.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you will master the art of sounding diplomatic and confident during workplace meetings: making suggestions using Konjunktiv II, expressing doubt and conditionality, and conveying information through reported speech (Konjunktiv I). We will also explore nuanced opinion markers, idioms, and phrasing used in meeting minutes, current news, and professional communication.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Formulate polite suggestions and counterarguments using Konjunktiv II (würde, hätte, wäre).
- Use reported speech with Konjunktiv I in meeting minutes and news reports.
- Apply conditional and concessive connectors (sofern, falls, obwohl, selbst wenn, dennoch).
- Use hedging language and nuanced opinion expressions (meines Erachtens, soweit ersichtlich, nach jetzigem Stand).
- Understand and use workplace idioms in context (etwas in Kauf nehmen, nachbessern, sich bewähren).