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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.

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teilt← teilen

to share teilen, teilte, geteilt to split, to share; to divide A2/ˈtaɪ̯lən/

weiter

on (as in 'weitergeben' = to pass on) often used as a prefix in separable verbs further, farther, more; on; expresses the continuation of an action; go on A1[ˈvaɪ̯tɐ]

angeblicher← angeblich

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

schickt← schicken

to send 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/

wenig

little, not much used here as an adverb meaning 'little' little, few (a small amount, a small number) A1/ˈveːnɪk/

anhat← anhaben

to wear (clothes) separable verb: anhaben, hatte an, angehabt 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/

gilt← gelten

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

Fotos← das Foto

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

Bilder← das Bild

picture, image plural: Bilder depiction, image, picture; digital image; digital photograph A2/bɪlt/

Freund

friend plural: Freunde friend; boyfriend; blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature) A1/frɔʏ̯nt/

Menschen← der Mensch

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

jeder

everyone, each person declined as pronoun each; each, every A1/ˈjeːdɐ/

jemand

someone indefinite pronoun someone, somebody A2/ˈjeːmant/

selber

oneself, personally same as 'selbst' self (as in myself, yourself, himself etc.); by oneself, on one's own, alone; the same B1/ˈzɛlbər/

vorsichtig

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

Grammar in this text

Subjunctive with modal verbs (Konjunktiv II)

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

The subjunctive form 'will' (from 'wollen') is used to express a wish or intention, and 'kann' is the indicative present of 'können'. Here 'will' is actually indicative, but the structure 'will nicht, dass' introduces a subordinate clause with 'dass' and verb at the end.

Subordinate clause with 'dass' (verb-final)

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

The conjunction 'dass' introduces a subordinate clause where the finite verb ('kann') is placed at the end.

Relative clause with 'auf denen'

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

The relative pronoun 'auf denen' (plural dative) refers to 'Fotos' and introduces a relative clause with verb-final position ('anhat').

Separable verb in subordinate clause

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

The separable verb 'anhaben' appears in a subordinate clause, where the prefix 'an' is separated and placed at the end, while the finite verb 'hat' is also at the end.

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