As soon as you are engaged in interpersonal communicative situation, e.g. in face-to-face situations or any form of written exchange, you will recognize that it is more or less necessary to define your position at some time. In other words, sooner or later your interlocutor would ask you about your opinion on a particular topic, for example, you should tell how the food tastes, whether you liked a movie, what you think of the government in your country, etc. In order to not remain speechless when it is your time to take the floor there are various expressions in German that might help you to master those communicative situations.
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German
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Pronunciation
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English
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| Mir geht es ähnlich. |
Meer geyt es ähn-liH. |
I feel similarly. |
| Ich habe keine Ahnung. |
iH hA-buh kay-nuh ah-noong. |
I have no idea. |
| Bestimmt! |
buh-shtimt |
Certainly! |
| Das ist mir egal. |
dAs ist meeR ey-gahl . |
That’s all the same to me. |
| Das macht nichts. |
dAs maHt niHts . |
It doesn’t matter. |
| Genau! |
guh-nou |
Exactly! |
| Ich weiβ nicht. |
iH vays niHt. |
I don’t know. |
| Natürlich! |
nah-tüR-liH |
Of course! |
| Offensichtlich! / Klar! / Einleuchtend! |
of-en-siHt-liH /klAR / ayn-loyH-tend |
Obviously! |
| ohne Zweifel / zweifellos / Du hast Recht / Sie haben Recht |
oh-nuh tsvay-fuhl / tsvay-fuhl-lohs /dew hAst ReHt / zee hah-buhn ReHt |
without a doubt / doubtless / You are right. |
| Selbstverständlich! |
selbst-feR-shtänt-liH |
Self-evident! (Of course!) |
| Das ist falsch. |
dAs ist fAlsh |
That is wrong. |
| Das ist viel besser. |
dAs ist feel be-suhR |
That’s much better. |
| Das ist völlig richtig. |
dAs ist fö-liH riH-giH |
That’s entirely right. |
| Das finde ich gut/schlecht. |
dAs fin-duh iH gewt/shleHt |
That’s good/bad. |
| Das ist eine gute/ schlechte Idee. |
dAs ist ay-nuh gew-tuh/shleH-tuh ee-dey |
That’s a good/bad idea. |
| Keine Ursache! |
kay-nuh ooR-zah-CHuh |
No need! (No problem!) |
