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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.

9 words above C2

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/

Papagei

parrot plural: Papageien C1/papaˈɡaɪ̯/

Käfig

cage plural: Käfige B2/ˈkɛːfɪç/

unglücklich

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

Pferde← das Pferd

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

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, pain uncountable distressing, uncomfortable; woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction; wrong, harm, injury A1/laɪ̯t/

ansehen

to see, to tell by looking separable: sieht an, 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 dative or accusative

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

The relative pronoun 'der' refers to 'Papagei' and is the subject of the relative clause, which has verb-final word order.

Passive with modal verb

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

The passive is formed with 'kann' + 'man' + infinitive 'ansehen' (here an impersonal passive with 'man' as subject).

Comparison with 'genauso ... wie'

aber es ist genauso echt wie bei Menschen.

The structure 'genauso + adjective + wie' expresses equality: 'just as real as'.

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