Reading · C2 · Text 33
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.
12 words above C2
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, followed by the infinitive of the main verb at the end of the sentence.
Prepositional phrase with 'in' + dative (location)
in einer Mühle
The preposition 'in' takes the dative case when indicating a location (where something happens). 'einer' is the dative feminine article.
Negation with 'nie'
nie ein gutes Leben haben
'nie' means 'never' and is used to negate a statement, often with a future or general meaning.
Adjective declension after 'ein' (indefinite article)
ein gutes Leben
After the indefinite article 'ein', the adjective takes strong endings: 'gutes' (neuter nominative/accusative).
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