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Gesundheit

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Gut für die Gesundheit ist das richtige Essen.

Eating the right food is good for your health.

Man wird leichter krank, wenn man immer nur schlechte Dinge isst oder sich wenig bewegt.

You get sick more easily if you always eat only bad things or exercise little.

Für unsere Gesundheit sind Ärzte und Kranken-Häuser da.

Doctors and hospitals are there for our health.

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Gesundheit
health no plural health (state of being in good physical condition and free from illness); health; soundness; strength; stability (state of being in good condition);… A2/ɡəˈzʊnthaɪ̯t/
richtige← richtig
right, correct declined form of 'richtig' correct, accurate, right; right, correct, good; right, fit, appropriate A1/ˈʁɪçtɪç/
Essen
food; eating nominalized infinitive, no plural to eat; to eat; to dine; meal A1[ˈʔɛsn̩]
leichter← leicht
easier, more easily comparative form light (not heavy); easy (not difficult); light, lite, diet (of food which is low in calories) A1/laɪ̯çt/
krank
sick, ill ill, sick (in bad health); sick, morally or mentally degenerate; very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick A1/kʁaŋk/
schlechte← schlecht
bad declined form bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral); bad (unskilled; of limited ability); bad (unhealthy, unwell) A1/ʃlɛçt/
Dinge← das Ding
things plural form thing; thing; girl; boy (young person); Thing (historic Germanic council) A2/dɪŋ/
isst← essen
eats irregular: isst, aß, hat gegessen to eat; to eat; to dine; meal A1[ˈʔɛsn̩]
wenig
little little, few (a small amount, a small number) A1/ˈveːnɪk/
bewegt← bewegen
moves, exercises regular: bewegt, bewegte, hat bewegt; here reflexive 'sich bewegen' to motivate; to persuade; to prompt (someone or something to do something); to make (someone or something to do something); to induce; to get… B1/bəˈveːɡən/
unsere← unser
our possessive pronoun, declined A1/ˈʔʊnzɐ/

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'wenn' (conditional)

Man wird leichter krank, wenn man immer nur schlechte Dinge isst oder sich wenig bewegt.

The conjunction 'wenn' introduces a conditional clause, and the verb goes to the end of the clause. Here, 'isst' and 'bewegt' are at the end.

Impersonal pronoun 'man'

Man wird leichter krank, wenn man immer nur schlechte Dinge isst oder sich wenig bewegt.

'man' is used as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'one' or 'you' in a general sense. It takes the third person singular verb form.

Reflexive verb 'sich bewegen'

oder sich wenig bewegt

The verb 'bewegen' is used reflexively with 'sich' to mean 'to exercise' or 'to move oneself'. The reflexive pronoun is in accusative case.

Preposition 'für' with accusative

Für unsere Gesundheit sind Ärzte und Kranken-Häuser da.

The preposition 'für' always takes the accusative case. Here, 'unsere Gesundheit' is in the accusative, and the verb 'sind' is in the plural because the subject is plural.

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