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Religion

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In den meisten Religionen lernt man, dass man zu anderen Menschen gut sein soll und anderen Menschen helfen soll.

In most religions, one learns that one should be good to other people and help other people.

Manchmal gibt es aber auch Probleme durch die verschiedenen Religionen.

Sometimes, however, there are also problems caused by the different religions.

Das kommt daher, dass Religion sehr wichtig für manche Menschen ist.

This is because religion is very important to some people.

Wenn andere Menschen dann nicht glauben, was eine Religion sagt, kommt es zum Streit.

When other people then do not believe what a religion says, it leads to arguments.

Wenn das passiert, kann es manchmal sein, dass gegen eine Religion Krieg geführt wird.

When that happens, it can sometimes be that war is waged against a religion.

Oder dass Menschen bestraft werden, weil sie nicht an eine bestimmte Religion glauben.

Or that people are punished because they do not believe in a particular religion.

17 words above B1

Religionen← die Religion
religion plural: die Religionen B1/ʁeliˈɡi̯oːn/
lernt← lernen
learn regular verb to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study (revise or review materials); to train to become something A1/ˈlɛrnən/
soll← sollen
should, ought to modal verb; past: sollte should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall; to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something); to be intended (to do… A2/ˈzɔlən/
help irregular: hilft, half, geholfen to help (someone); to assist; to aid A1/ˈhɛlfn̩/
Probleme← das Problem
problem plural: die Probleme A1/pʁoˈbleːm/
verschiedenen← verschieden
different, various declined form deceased; different; several, various, miscellaneous A2/fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːdn̩/
from that, therefore used with kommen: daherkommen from there, thence; therefore; because of that; hence; thus; along B1/ˈdaːheːɐ̯/
important important, relevant, significant, weighty A1/ˈvɪçtɪç/
manche
some, certain indefinite pronoun
believe regular verb to believe something (to consider true); to believe in (to think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability); to believe (to trust in… A1/ˈɡlaʊ̯bən/
quarrel, dispute no plural quarrel, dispute, fight, argument; fight, battle B1/ʃtʁaɪ̯t/
passiert← passieren
happen regular verb; auxiliary sein to happen; to move beyond; pass; to pass through a sieve, to strain A1/paˈsiːʁən/
against takes accusative against; toward (i.e. directed to someone/something); toward (i.e. in the direction of) A2/ˈɡe.ɡən/
war plural: die Kriege war, warfare B1[kʁiːk]
geführt← führen
lead, conduct past participle: geführt; used with werden for passive to lead; to carry, to sell; to conduct some activity or process, to hold (a discussion, a negotiation), to have (a conversation), to lead (one's… B1/ˈfyːʁən/
bestraft← bestrafen
punish regular verb; past participle: bestraft to punish B1/bəˈʃtʁaːfən/
bestimmte← bestimmt
certain, specific declined form certain; determined; definite B1[bəˈʃtɪmt]

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'dass' (verb at end)

dass man zu anderen Menschen gut sein soll

In a 'dass' clause, the finite verb moves to the end. Here 'soll' is at the end.

Subordinate clause with 'weil' (verb at end)

weil sie nicht an eine bestimmte Religion glauben

In a 'weil' clause, the finite verb moves to the end. Here 'glauben' is at the end.

Passive voice with 'werden' + past participle

Krieg geführt wird

The passive is formed with 'werden' (conjugated) and the past participle. Here 'geführt' is the participle.

Infinitive with 'zu' after 'sein' (um...zu or sein + zu)

gut sein soll

The modal verb 'sollen' is used with an infinitive without 'zu', but here the infinitive 'sein' is used. Actually, the structure is 'soll + infinitive'.

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Text from Religion — Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. See sources.

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