Posted Monday 14 February 2022
If your spouse or partner is arguing with his or her parents, do you get involved or do you stay out? That is the question the Austrian newspaper Der Standard asked its readers in the week before Valentine's Day. Read the article, read some of the readers' answers, and pick up some useful German phrases for talking about relationships.
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Ob zerrüttetes Verhältnis oder zu viel Innigkeit – sprechen Sie das Verhältnis Ihrer Partnerin oder Ihres Partners zu deren Eltern an, oder halten Sie sich da komplett heraus?
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do you tackle the subject or do you stay out of it?
sprechenSieesan,oderhaltenSiesichdaheraus?
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to listen to your partner when they gossip about their parents
demPartnerzuhören,wennerüberdieElternlästert
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to hold yourself back
sichselbstzurückhalten
5
it could be something like this
sooderähnlichkönnteessein
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when the partner argues with the parents
wennsichderPartnermitdenElternstreitet
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there is a strained relationship
esherrschteinangespanntesVerhältnis
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but it's not that easy
abersoleichtistdasnicht
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to offer some well-intentioned advice
einengutgemeintenRatschlageinzubringen
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to mend a broken relationship
einzerrüttetesVerhältniszuflicken
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to defuse a conflict
einenKonfliktzuentschärfen
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I wouldn't bring up the subject in front of your mom
ichwürdedasThemavordeinerMamanichtansprechen
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down to the smallest detail
bisinskleinsteDetail
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should you get involved?
solltemansicheinmischen?
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one is happy about the good relationship
manfreutsichüberdasguteVerhältnis
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but you also need air to catch your breath
manbrauchtaberaucheinmalLuftzumVerschnaufen
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how do you handle the situation?
wiehandhabenSiedieSituation?
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do you get involved or do you stay out of it?
mischenSiesichein,oderhaltenSiesichdaheraus?
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what experiences have you made?
welcheErfahrungenhabenSiegemacht?
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