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263 self-paced lessons: Advanced Konjunktiv, nominal and academic style, literary narration, registers from formal to Umgangssprache, Austrian and Swiss German, formal letters and academic writing.
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Konjunktiv: Advanced Nuances, Part 1 of 6
Go beyond "wäre", "hätte" and "könnte": use the synthetic Konjunktiv II of strong and mixed verbs ("käme", "ginge", "wüsste", "bräuchte") and know when "würde" + infinitive is the better choice.
Konjunktiv: Advanced Nuances, Part 2 of 6
Make unreal comparisons with "als ob", "als wenn" and "als" + verb ("Er tut, als wäre er der Chef") in the present and past, with the verb position each one demands.
Contrast Clinic: Er käme / Er wäre gekommen
Choose between present and past inside the Konjunktiv II ("er käme" / "er wäre gekommen"), tell "hätte kommen können" from "könnte gekommen sein", and place the double infinitive in subordinate clauses.
Error Hunt: Konjunktiv Forms and Word Order
Spot and fix typical Konjunktiv mistakes in real emails and posts: "würde" in the wenn-clause, "als ob" with the indicative, "würde" + participle and the double infinitive in the wrong place.
Konjunktiv: Advanced Nuances, Part 3 of 6
Use the Konjunktiv of modesty ("Ich hätte da eine Frage", "Wäre es möglich ...?", "Das dürfte reichen") and understand why "ich will" or "ich möchte ... haben" can sound blunt.
Konjunktiv: Advanced Nuances, Part 4 of 6
Say what nearly happened with "fast" or "beinahe" + past Konjunktiv II, express consequences that couldn't follow with "zu ..., als dass", and use "ohne dass" and "nicht, dass".
Transformations: Conditions Without Wenn
Rewrite wenn-clauses as verb-first conditions ("Hätte ich das gewusst, ..."; "Sollte es regnen, ..."), with "sonst" and "andernfalls", and with "ohne", "bei" or "an deiner Stelle".
Style Workshop: The Diplomatic Konjunktiv
Disagree tactfully in a team meeting ("Ich würde das etwas anders sehen", "Wäre es nicht sinnvoller ...?", "Man könnte auch überlegen ...") and rewrite blunt messages diplomatically.
Konjunktiv: Advanced Nuances, Part 5 of 6
Build the Konjunktiv I of any verb, know why mainly the "er/sie/es" forms and "sein" are distinctive, apply the replacement rule and use its three time levels.
Konjunktiv: Advanced Nuances, Part 6 of 6
Recognise and use the Konjunktiv I beyond reported speech: wishes and formulas ("Gott sei Dank", "Es lebe ..."), instructions ("Man nehme ...") and set phrases like "koste es, was es wolle" and "wie dem auch sei".
Text Detective: The Konjunktiv in a News Report
Read a news report about a transport strike and identify every Konjunktiv I and II: reported speech, replacement forms, unreal conditions, politeness and journalistic distance.
Spiral Review: The Konjunktiv from Upper-Intermediate to Advanced
Mix Upper-intermediate structures ("hätte ... sollen", regrets, indirect speech, "als ob") with this unit's synthetic forms, verb-first conditions, "fast" + Konjunktiv II and Konjunktiv I formulas in real messages.
Unit 1 review: Konjunktiv I and II: Advanced Nuances
Practise what you learned in this unit (Konjunktiv I and II: Advanced Nuances): understand and write down what you hear, speak and write with it, then translate three sentences into German.
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