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Lesson 38.54B1

Life Plans & Wishes

జీవిత ప్రణాళికలు మరియు కోరికలు

Talking about future goals and wishes leans directly on the Konjunktiv II you already know — würde and möchte carry almost the entire weight of this topic.

Grammar Comparison

వ్యాకరణ పోలిక

würde/möchte for wishes, werde for firm plans

German

Ich würde gerne im Ausland leben. (I would like to live abroad — a soft wish) vs. Ich werde nächstes Jahr umziehen. (I will move next year — a firm plan)

Telugu

నాకు విదేశంలో ఉండాలని ఆశ. (a soft wish, using ఆశ 'desire' + dative) vs. నేను వచ్చే సంవత్సరం మారతాను. (a firm future-tense statement)

Telugu marks the same soft-wish-versus-firm-plan distinction by choosing between a dative + ఆశ ('desire') construction and a plain future-tense verb. German draws an almost identical line: würde/möchte softens a statement into a wish (from your B1 Konjunktiv II lesson), while werde states an intention as a firm plan (from A2's future tense). Picking the right one signals how committed you actually are, in both languages.

Vocabulary

పదజాలం

Ich würde gerne...ikh VUER-deh GAIR-neh
Telugu
నాకు ...ఆశnaaku ...aasha
English
I would like to...
Mein Ziel ist es, ... zu ...myn tseel ist es ... tsoo
Telugu
నా లక్ష్యం ...naa lakshyam ...
English
My goal is to...
Ich hoffe, dass...ikh HOF-eh dahs
Telugu
...అని ఆశిస్తున్నాను...ani aashisthunnaanu
English
I hope that...
In fünf Jahren möchte ich...in fuenf YAH-ren MERKH-teh ikh
Telugu
ఐదు సంవత్సరాల తర్వాత నేను ...అనుకుంటున్నానుaidu samvatsaraala tharvaatha nenu ...anukuntunnaanu
English
In five years I would like to...