Breakdown of Der Berater sagt, wir sollen auf die Rückmeldung warten, weil sie wichtig ist.
sein
to be
sie
she
wir
we
sagen
to say
wichtig
important
sollen
should / ought to
weil
because (subordinating)
warten auf
to wait for
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
der Berater
the consultant, advisor
die Rückmeldung
the feedback
Questions & Answers about Der Berater sagt, wir sollen auf die Rückmeldung warten, weil sie wichtig ist.
Why do we use sollen here to report what the consultant said?
In reported speech, sollen is used to relay a command, instruction, or strong request. The consultant's original words were likely an imperative, like "Wait for the feedback!" (Warten Sie auf die Rückmeldung!). When we report an imperative indirectly, we turn it into a clause with sollen (or mögen for a more polite request).
Is wir sollen in Konjunktiv I here? It looks exactly like the normal present tense.
Yes, it is technically Konjunktiv I, but you're right that it looks identical to the present indicative. For the wir and sie/Sie forms, Konjunktiv I shares the exact same form as the present tense. Because of this overlap, you will sometimes see people use Konjunktiv II (wir sollten) to make it obvious that it's reported speech, but wir sollen is perfectly correct here.
Why is the accusative case used in auf die Rückmeldung?
The verb warten (to wait) always takes the preposition auf plus the accusative case when you are waiting for someone or something. Even though auf is a two-way preposition that can sometimes take the dative, it strictly takes the accusative when it functions as the fixed preposition for warten.
Why does the sentence end with weil sie wichtig ist instead of weil es wichtig ist?
The pronoun has to match the grammatical gender of the noun it replaces. Since "the feedback" is a feminine noun (die Rückmeldung), you must use the feminine pronoun sie. English defaults to "it" for objects, but German requires you to track the original noun's gender.
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