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Besonders vorsichtig sollte man sein, wenn man Bilder teilt, auch Fotos von sich selber.

You should be especially careful when sharing pictures, including photos of yourself.

Man will nicht, dass jeder jedes Foto für immer sehen kann.

You don't want everyone to be able to see every photo forever.

Das gilt besonders für Fotos, auf denen man wenig anhat.

This is especially true for photos where you are not wearing much.

Ein angeblicher Freund schickt solche Fotos vielleicht an andere Menschen weiter.

A so-called friend might forward such photos to other people.

14 words above B1

vorsichtig

careful, cautious deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect; carefully A2/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪç/

teilt← teilen

shares (e.g., pictures) teilen, teilte, geteilt to split, to share; to divide A2/ˈtaɪ̯lən/

Fotos← das Foto

photos plural: Fotos photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface); camera (device for making still pictures) A1/ˈfoːto/

von sich selber← sich selber

of oneself reflexive pronoun, dative

jeder

everyone, each person masculine nominative each; each, every A1/ˈjeːdɐ/

jedes← jeder

every (neuter accusative) neuter accusative form each; each, every A1/ˈjeːdɐ/

für immer

forever fixed expression

gilt← gelten

applies, is valid gelten, galt, gegolten to be valid; to count; to hold true; to be effective; to be in force; to be worth B1/ˈɡɛltn̩/

wenig

little, not much here: wenig anhat = is wearing little clothing little, few (a small amount, a small number) A1/ˈveːnɪk/

anhat← anhaben

is wearing (clothes) anhaben, hatte an, angehabt; separable verb to wear; to have on (a piece of clothing) see usage notes; to have turned on; to have on (an electronic device); to harm, to hurt B1/ˈanˌhaːbən/

angeblicher← angeblich

so-called, alleged attributive adjective, masculine nominative alleged, pretended, reported; allegedly, supposedly, reportedly, reputedly B1/ˈanˌɡeːplɪç/

schickt← schicken

sends schicken, schickte, geschickt to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person); to hurry; to be befitting, to be appropriate A2/ˈʃɪkən/

weiter← weiter-

on (as part of separable verb) prefix of 'weiterschicken'

Menschen← der Mensch

people plural: Menschen human, human being, person, man; woman; man! rah! A2/mɛnʃ/

Grammar in this text

Subjunctive with modal verb (sollte)

Besonders vorsichtig sollte man sein

The subjunctive form 'sollte' expresses a recommendation or advice. It is formed with the modal verb 'sollen' in the subjunctive II.

Infinitive clause with 'zu'

Man will nicht, dass jeder jedes Foto für immer sehen kann.

The structure 'will nicht, dass ...' uses a subordinate clause with 'dass' and the verb at the end. Here, 'sehen kann' is the verb phrase at the end.

Relative clause with 'auf denen'

Fotos, auf denen man wenig anhat

The relative pronoun 'denen' (dative plural) refers to 'Fotos'. The preposition 'auf' is a two-way preposition, and here it takes dative because it indicates location (on the photos).

Separable verb in main clause

Ein angeblicher Freund schickt solche Fotos vielleicht an andere Menschen weiter.

The separable verb 'weiterschicken' is split: the prefix 'weiter' goes to the end of the sentence, while the conjugated part 'schickt' stays in second position.

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