Lesson 48 · German A1-2

Expressing Opinions

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"What do you think about...?" turns a conversation from an exchange of facts into an actual exchange of views - a genuine A2-level speaking skill, and a natural place to reuse the dass-clause structure from Lesson 26.

Today's win: state an opinion with ich finde/glaube/denke, and give a simple reason for it.

Three common opinion verbs

ich findeI find/think (a judgment or evaluation)
ich glaubeI believe/think (less certain)
ich denkeI think (neutral, close to English "think")
Ich finde die Wohnung schön. (I find the apartment nice.)
Ich glaube, dass es morgen regnet. (I believe it'll rain tomorrow.)

Notice the second example uses dass from Lesson 26 - the verb after it (regnet) goes to the end of its clause, exactly as that lesson taught.

Simple opinion + reason (weil)

Ich finde Berlin toll, weil es viele Parks gibt. (reusing weil's word-order rule, Lesson 26)

Agreeing and disagreeing

Das stimmt.That's right/true.
Ich stimme zu.I agree.
Das finde ich nicht.I don't think so. (literally "that I don't find")
Try it out loud: give your honest opinion about something German-related (a city, learning German itself, moving abroad) using "ich finde" or "ich glaube," plus one reason with weil.

Quick recall check

1. "I find the apartment nice." - Ich ______ die Wohnung schön.

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finde

2. "I believe it'll rain tomorrow." - Ich glaube, ______ es morgen regnet.

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dass

3. "That's right." - Das ______.

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stimmt

4. "I agree." - Ich stimme ______.

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zu

5. Which opinion verb signals the least certainty?

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glaube

Primary source

Cross-checked against the Goethe-Institut A1 practice materials.

Want to practice a short opinion exchange - agreeing, disagreeing, giving reasons? Ask your teaching agent to role-play it with you.