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Schimpansen

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Ein Schimpansen-Baby ist etwa ein bis zwei Kilogramm schwer.

A chimpanzee baby weighs about one to two kilograms.

Es trinkt dann Milch an den Brüsten seiner Mutter, etwa vier bis fünf Jahre lang.

It then drinks milk from its mother's breasts for about four to five years.

Es bleibt dann aber noch länger bei der Mutter.

But then it stays with the mother even longer.

Bis Schimpansen selber Junge machen können, müssen sie etwa sieben bis neun Jahre alt sein.

Chimpanzees must be about seven to nine years old before they can have their own young.

In der Gruppe müssen sie jedoch warten.

In the group, however, they have to wait.

Gemeine Schimpansen sind etwa 13 bis 16 Jahre alt, bis sie selber Eltern werden.

Common chimpanzees are about 13 to 16 years old until they become parents themselves.

In der Natur werden Schimpansen 30 bis 40 Jahre alt, in einem Zoo meist etwa 50 Jahre.

In the wild, chimpanzees live to be 30 to 40 years old, in a zoo usually about 50 years.

15 words above A1

etwa
about, approximately
to wait to wait (for); to maintain (chiefly a machine, e.g. a car or heating) A2/ˈvartən/
long; for (a period of time) in 'Jahre lang' = for years long; lengthy (in space or time); tall; many (indicating the length of the time in total) A2/laŋ(k)/
länger← lang
longer comparative of 'lang' long; lengthy (in space or time); tall; many (indicating the length of the time in total) A2/laŋ(k)/
heavy, weighing heavy, weighty; indigestible; grave, severe, intense, serious, heavy A2/ʃveːɐ̯/
however, but but B2/jeːˈdɔx/
selber
oneself, personally emphatic
meist
mostly
gemeine← gemein
common (as in 'Gemeine Schimpansen' = common chimpanzees) declined form of 'gemein'
parents plural noun, no singular A2/ˈɛltərn/
group A2/ˈɡʁʊpə/
Zoo
zoo plural: Zoos
Kilogramm
kilogram
Brüsten← die Brust
breasts, chest dative plural of 'Brust'
Schimpansen← der Schimpanse
chimpanzees plural of 'Schimpanse' (n-Deklination)

Grammar in this text

Temporal subordinate clause with 'bis' (verb at the end)

Bis Schimpansen selber Junge machen können

In a subordinate clause introduced by 'bis' (until), the finite verb goes to the end. Here 'können' is the finite verb, so it appears after 'machen'.

Modal verbs with infinitive (main clause word order)

In der Gruppe müssen sie jedoch warten.

The modal verb 'müssen' is conjugated and placed in V2 position (here after the fronted phrase 'In der Gruppe'), while the main verb 'warten' appears as an infinitive at the end of the sentence.

Wechselpräposition 'an' + Dative (static location)

an den Brüsten seiner Mutter

The preposition 'an' takes the dative case here because it describes a static location (where the baby drinks). 'den Brüsten' is the dative plural of 'die Brust'.

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