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Oct 17, 2024

How about expressing your opinion in German. Do you find it difficult?
In English we use structures like:
  • I think .... / と思います --> Ich denke, dass 
  • In my opinion.... / 私の意見では --> Meiner Meinung nach
  • Personally, I believe.... / 個人的には --> Ich glaube, dass
  • From my point of view / 私の見方では --> Aus meiner Sicht
E.g. From my point of view, this could work. / 私の見方では、これはうまくいくと思います。
Aus meiner Sicht könnte das funktionieren.

How do we say in German: In this situation, I would say this ...
この状況では、私はこう言います...
In dieser Situtaion würde ich sagen, ...

A variation would be:
In this case, I would say, ...
この場合、私はこう言います
In diesem Fall würde ich sagen, ....

Other variations are:

この場合、私はこう言います
Under these circumstances, I would say...
Unter diesen Umständen würde ich sagen...

この場面では、こう言います
In this instance, I would say...
In diesem Moment würde ich sagen...

Sometimes, having the right structure helps set a solid foundation for expanding on your ideas and opinions. It's important to learn different variations of these structures so that we can use them more easily in conversations.

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