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Kaffee

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Man braucht dazu die Bohnen aus der Kaffee-Pflanze.

You need the beans from the coffee plant for this.

Dann kann man die Bohnen in einer Mühle mahlen.

Then you can grind the beans in a mill.

Kaffee-Pflanzen gibt es nur in heißen Ländern.

Coffee plants only exist in hot countries.

Die Bauern haben viel Arbeit mit dem Kaffee.

The farmers have a lot of work with the coffee.

Oft bekommen sie aber dafür nur wenig Geld.

But often they get only little money for it.

Deshalb werden sie nie ein gutes Leben haben.

Therefore, they will never have a good life.

10 words above B1

a machine for grinding plural: Mühlen mill, grinder (tool or apparatus for grinding); mill (building where such an apparatus is used); nine men's morris C1/ˈmyːlə/
mahlen
to grind mahlte, gemahlen
Bohnen← die Bohne
beans (coffee beans) plural: Bohnen bean A2/ˈboːnə/
Kaffee-Pflanze← die Kaffee-Pflanze
coffee plant plural: Kaffee-Pflanzen
heißen← heiß
hot declined form hot (having a high temperature); hot; horny (sexually aroused) A2/haɪ̯s/
Bauern← der Bauer
farmer plural: Bauern farmer (male or of unspecified gender); peasant (male or of unspecified gender); boor, yokel, bumpkin (male or of unspecified gender) B1/ˈbaʊ̯ɐ/
for it (in exchange) for that, for it; instead, at least, as a compensation A2/daˈfyːʁ/
little, not much little, few (a small amount, a small number) A1/ˈveːnɪk/
money no plural A1/ɡɛlt/
Deshalb← deshalb
therefore therefore; for that (reason), because of that A1/ˈdɛshalp/

Grammar in this text

Future tense with 'werden'

Deshalb werden sie nie ein gutes Leben haben.

The verb 'werden' is used as an auxiliary to form the future tense, followed by the infinitive at the end of the sentence.

Modal verb 'können' + infinitive

Dann kann man die Bohnen in einer Mühle mahlen.

The modal verb 'können' is conjugated and the main verb appears as an infinitive at the end of the sentence.

Negation with 'nie'

Deshalb werden sie nie ein gutes Leben haben.

The adverb 'nie' (never) is used to negate the sentence, placed before the object.

Prepositional phrase with 'in' + dative

in einer Mühle

The preposition 'in' is followed by the dative case (einer Mühle) to indicate location.

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