Die Rolle des Konjunktivs I in unserem Leben

Abstract

To express someone elses’s opinion, German language uses a special verb form, Konjunktiv I. This (or similar) form does not exist in Czech, and it clearly indicates that the speaker is not the author of the communicated information, and therefore s/he is not ready or willing to take responsibility for the communicated content. Current global political issues increase the frequency of using Konjunktiv I. If we want to correctly understand the original texts presented by German newspapers, we need to be familiar with the given grammar issue. A specific project implemented in 2021 at the Faculty of Education in Hradec Králové also dealt with the issue of expressing a foreign opinion. The results of the project are presented in this article.