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Tierquälerei

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Auch Tiere, die nicht direkt verletzt werden, leiden.

Even animals that are not directly injured suffer.

Ein Papagei, der alleine in einem kleinen Käfig lebt, kann sehr unglücklich sein.

A parrot living alone in a small cage can be very unhappy.

Pferde, die zu hart arbeiten müssen, bekommen Schmerzen in den Beinen.

Horses that have to work too hard get pain in their legs.

Tieren kann man das Leid nicht immer ansehen, aber es ist genauso echt wie bei Menschen.

You cannot always see the suffering of animals, but it is just as real as in humans.

11 words above C1

leiden

to suffer leidet, litt, gelitten to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc.; to suffer, bear, endure, undergo, experience (some hardship); to suffer B1/ˈlaɪ̯dən/

verletzt← verletzen

injured, hurt Partizip II; verletzen, verletzte, verletzt to hurt, to injure (cause bodily harm to someone); to hurt (someone's feelings); to hurt oneself, to sustain an injury (in the process of an activity) B1/fɛɐ̯ˈlɛt͡sn̩/

Papagei

parrot Plural: die Papageien C1/papaˈɡaɪ̯/

Käfig

cage Plural: die Käfige B2/ˈkɛːfɪç/

unglücklich

unhappy unhappy, unjoyous, unjoyful, misfortunate, miserable; unfortunate, unlucky, inauspicious, unauspicious, untoward, hapless; unfortunately, unhappily,… B2/ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç/

Pferde← das Pferd

horses Plural form; singular: das Pferd horse; knight; pommel horse A1/pfeːrt/

hart

hard, intensely hard; severe, harsh; unmoved, cold, cruel A2/hart/

Schmerzen← der Schmerz

pain Plural form; singular: der Schmerz physical pain, ache (practically, as a sensation); physical pain (theoretically, as a bodily mechanism or function); emotional pain, sorrow, heartache A1/ʃmɛʁts/

Leid

suffering, distress no plural distressing, uncomfortable; woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction; wrong, harm, injury A1/laɪ̯t/

ansehen

to see, to tell by looking trennbar: ansehen, sah an, angesehen to look at, to have a look at (taking in information in doing so); to look at (especially a person; implying eye contact or direction of gaze… A2/ˈʔanˌzeːən/

echt

real, genuine authentic, genuine, true; real; factual; proper A2/ɛçt/

Grammar in this text

Relative clauses with relative pronouns

Auch Tiere, die nicht direkt verletzt werden, leiden.

The relative pronoun 'die' refers to 'Tiere' and introduces a relative clause that provides additional information. The verb in the relative clause goes to the end.

Passive voice (present tense)

die nicht direkt verletzt werden

The passive voice is formed with 'werden' + past participle. Here it indicates that the animals are being injured by someone/something, without specifying the agent.

Modal verb with infinitive

kann sehr unglücklich sein

The modal verb 'kann' is conjugated, and the main verb 'sein' appears in its infinitive form at the end of the sentence.

Comparison with 'genauso ... wie'

es ist genauso echt wie bei Menschen

The structure 'genauso + adjective + wie' is used to express equality: 'just as real as'. It compares the reality of suffering in animals to that in humans.

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