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Kakao

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Kakao gibt es in den Samen der Kakao-Bäume.
Cocoa is found in the seeds of cacao trees.
Dann kann man die Bohnen in einer Mühle mahlen.
Then the beans can be ground in a mill.
Kakao-Pflanzen gibt es nur in heißen Ländern.
Cocoa plants exist only in hot countries.
Die Bauern haben viel Arbeit mit dem Kakao.
The farmers have a lot of work with the cocoa.
Oft bekommen sie aber dafür nur wenig Geld.
Often, however, they receive only little money for it.

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Kakao

cocoa no plural cocoa (unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans); cocoa, hot chocolate (hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar);… A1/kaˈkaʊ̯/

Samen← der Same

seed plural: Samen (same form)

Kakao-Bäume← der Kakaobaum

cocoa tree plural: Kakao-Bäume

Bohnen← die Bohne

bean plural: Bohnen A2/ˈboːnə/

Mühle

mill 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 regular: mahlt, mahlte, gemahlen

Kakao-Pflanzen← die Kakaopflanze

cocoa plant plural: Kakao-Pflanzen

heißen← heiß

hot declined: heißen Ländern (dative plural) hot (having a high temperature); hot; horny (sexually aroused) A2/haɪ̯s/

Ländern← das Land

country plural: Länder; dative plural: Ländern country (territory of a nation); state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy); land (real estate or… A1/lant/

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/

Arbeit

work no plural toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation; job, task, assignment; effort, work, human… A1/ˈaʁbaɪ̯t/

dafür

for it referring to the work for that, for it; instead, at least, as a compensation A2/daˈfyːʁ/

wenig

little used with uncountable nouns little, few (a small amount, a small number) A1/ˈveːnɪk/

Geld

money no plural A1/ɡɛlt/

Grammar in this text

Dative plural after preposition 'in' with dative (Wechselpräposition)

in heißen Ländern

The preposition 'in' takes dative when indicating location (where something is). Here 'Ländern' is dative plural, and the adjective 'heißen' shows the dative plural ending -en.

Modal verb 'können' + infinitive at end of sentence

Dann kann man die Bohnen in einer Mühle mahlen.

In a main clause with a modal verb, the modal verb is conjugated in second position, and the infinitive of the main verb goes to the end of the sentence.

Existential construction 'es gibt' + accusative

Kakao-Pflanzen gibt es nur in heißen Ländern.

'Es gibt' means 'there is/are' and requires the accusative case for the object. Here 'Kakao-Pflanzen' is accusative plural.

Adjective declension after indefinite article (ein, eine) in dative

in einer Mühle

After the indefinite article 'einer' (dative feminine), the adjective 'Mühle' is a noun, but the pattern shows the dative feminine article. The adjective would take -en ending if present.

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