“Words are not just words. We do things with words.” And among the things we can do with words is express our attitude towards something. We can say things in a certain way to express it as a fact, or as something unreal, or to show that we want to be neutral about whether something is true or not. For these purposes and more, we have the subjunctive mood – in German, the Konjunktiv.

In this episode I talk to Verena Hofstätter, a linguist and German teacher from Vienna. Together we take a dive into the German subjunctive – what it looks like, when it’s used, and why it’s suffering an identity crisis.

Episode transcript: https://yellowoftheegg.com/transcripts/der-konjunktiv-transcript/

Guest:
Verena Hofstätter
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- Episode of “Wissen Schafft Sprache” featuring me as a guest: “S3E6 SprachGeschichte Luke” (https://pod.fo/e/183a60)
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