Der Konjunktiv (w/ Verena Hofstätter‪)‬ Yellow of the Egg

“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
 - Instagram: @daslehrwerk (https://www.instagram.com/daslehrwerk)
 - Podcast: "Wissen Schafft Sprache" (https://podfollow.com/1587196838) 
 - Episode of “Wissen Schafft Sprache” featuring me as a guest: “S3E6 SprachGeschichte Luke” (https://pod.fo/e/183a60) 
 - Website: https://lehrwerk.at
 
 Yellow of the Egg is hosted and produced by Luke Green.
 
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