Reading · A2 · Text 21
Baby
Ab dem Alter von 4 Wochen bis zu 1 Jahr sagt man zu einem jungen Kind Baby.
From the age of 4 weeks up to 1 year, a young child is called a baby.
Direkt nach der Geburt sagt man zu einem Kind Neugeborenes.
Immediately after birth, a child is called a newborn.
Ab einem Alter von 2 Jahren sagt man zu einem Kind Kleinkind.
From the age of 2 years, a child is called a toddler.
Wenn ein Mensch 5 Jahre alt wird, sagt man zu ihm Kind.
When a person turns 5 years old, they are called a child.
3 words above A2
Grammar in this text
Prepositional phrase with 'ab' + dative
Ab dem Alter von 4 Wochen bis zu 1 Jahr
'ab' takes the dative case and indicates a starting point in time; here 'dem Alter' is dative.
Use of 'man' as impersonal pronoun
sagt man zu einem jungen Kind Baby
'man' is used to make general statements; it is always singular and takes the verb in the third person singular.
Dative case after 'zu'
zu einem Kind
The preposition 'zu' always takes the dative case; 'einem' is the dative form of 'ein'.
Temporal clause with 'wenn'
Wenn ein Mensch 5 Jahre alt wird
'wenn' introduces a temporal clause meaning 'when'; the verb goes to the end of the clause.
Keep going
Text from Baby — Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. See sources.
Translation, glossary and grammar notes are machine-generated and inherit the same licence.