Having a discussion

Having a discussion

Einleitung / Introduction

• I would like to discuss …
• Let’s begin with the fact that …
• We could start with …
• I would like to talk about …
• First of all, I would like to say/state that
• First, …. second, …. third ….
• To begin with, ….

Eigene Meinung / personal opinion

• I (don’t) find …. / think … / feel … / suppose …. / believe …
• Personally, I think …
• In my opinion …
• In my view …
• As far as I know …
• As far as I’m concerned …
• As far as I can see …
• (Well,) If you ask me …
• To be honest, ….
• An additional argument I would like to present is ….
• I would argue, that ….
• The main reason, however, is that ….
• The most convincing argument (to me) is ….

Zustimmung – Agreement

• Yes, but….
• You are right on ….
• That’s quite right …
• I must admit that …
• I completely / totally / fully /quite agree.
• Furthermore, I am of the same opinion as …
• I’m convinced that …
• It seems to me that …
• I would say that …
• That could be right.
• As a matter of fact, …
• That’s right. And …
• I can understand …
• That’s why …
• It is absolutely right to say, that ….
• I do not think anyone would disagree on that.
• Can/May I add something?
• I would like to come back to …
• I agree (with the fact) that …

Widerspruch – Disagreement

• I’m not convinced by … / that ….
• I don’t agree at all.
• I completely disagree on that.
• I doubt that …
• I differ from/with you entirely.
• Sorry to interrupt you, but …
• I can’t understand …
• I’m afraid I can’t accept …
• Never! That’s wrong.
• That can’t be right, because ….
• I see what you mean, but …
• I don’t believe …
• I don’t think so.
• I cannot fully agree with you, because ….

Fragen / Questions

• What do you think / say (about…)?
• What’s your opinion on this?
• What do you mean by that?
• Can you please explain your statement about ….

Zusammenfassung / conclusion

• To come to a conclusion, ….
• So we agree on ….
• So all in all I believe that…
• Weighing the pros and cons, I come to the conclusion that …
• Based on what we have heard, I conclude that …
• I would like to summarise that …
• Taking into account the discussion before, one can say …

 

 

Discussion phrases – Formulierungsbeispiele

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Topic ideas for discussion

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Übungen dazu

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