Reading · C1 · Text 12
Kaffee
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.
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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. It is conjugated in the present tense and followed by the infinitive of the main verb at the end of the clause.
Prepositional adverb 'dafür'
Oft bekommen sie aber dafür nur wenig Geld.
'dafür' is a pronominal adverb that replaces 'für + noun' (here: for the work). It is used to refer back to something mentioned earlier.
Adjective declension after indefinite article
ein gutes Leben
The adjective 'gut' takes the ending '-es' after the indefinite article 'ein' in the nominative singular neuter. This is part of the strong/weak declension system.
Subordinate clause with 'dass' (implied)
Man braucht dazu die Bohnen aus der Kaffee-Pflanze.
Although not explicitly present, the text contains structures that often introduce subordinate clauses. However, this example shows a main clause with a prepositional phrase 'aus der Kaffee-Pflanze' indicating origin, which is a common pattern.
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