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Answers and explanations: Foundations: everyday health
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Gem… → Gemüse“Frisches Gemüse und Obst geben uns viele Vitamine.”
Gemüse is a noun here. The complete word is Gemüse; German nouns are capitalized.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesOb… → Obst“Frisches Gemüse und Obst geben uns viele Vitamine.”
Obst is also a noun. After Ob__, the missing half is st: Obst.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesu… → uns“Gemüse und Obst geben uns viele Vitamine.”
Uns is the personal pronoun for “wir” (we) in the accusative or dative. Here it names the recipients: they give us vitamins.
Relevant lesson: Personal pronouns: ich, mich, mirVita… → Vitamine“Obst geben uns viele Vitamine.”
Vitamine is a plural noun. The missing half after Vita__ is mine: Vitamine.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typessol… → sollte“Man sollte jeden Tag genug Wasser trinken.”
Sollte is the subjunctive-II form of sollen and gives advice here. The missing half after sol__ is lte.
Relevant lesson: Modal verbs: können, müssen & co.T… → Tag“Man sollte jeden Tag genug Wasser trinken.”
Tag is a noun and is therefore capitalized: jeden Tag. After T__, the missing half is ag.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesWas… → Wasser“Enough water to drink.”
Wasser is a noun. The complete word after Was__ is Wasser.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesZ… → Zu“Too much sugar is not good for the teeth.”
In “zu viel”, zu belongs to the quantity expression and means “too much”. The missing half after Z__ is u.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesZuc… → Zucker“Too much sugar is not good for the teeth.”
Zucker is a noun: Zuc__ becomes Zucker. German nouns are capitalized.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesni… → nicht“Too much sugar is not good for the teeth.”
Nicht negates “gut”: sugar is not good. After ni__, the missing half is cht.
Relevant lesson: Negation: nicht vs. keinf… → für“Not good for the teeth.”
Für is a preposition. In “gut für die Zähne”, it introduces the object and takes the accusative.
Relevant lesson: Fixed prepositions: mit + dative, für + accusativeZä… → Zähne“For the teeth.”
Zähne is the plural of Zahn and contains the umlaut ä. After Zä__, the missing half is hne.
Relevant lesson: The five plural patternsBewe… → Bewegung“Movement in the fresh air.”
Bewegung is a noun ending in -ung, formed from bewegen. After Bewe__, the missing half is gung.
Relevant lesson: Derivation: -ung, -er, -los, un-d… → der“In the fresh air.”
An describes a location here. Therefore it takes the dative: an der frischen Luft.
Relevant lesson: Two-way prepositions: where? dative — where to? accusativeLu… → Luft“In the fresh air.”
Luft is a noun. The missing half after Lu__ is ft.
Relevant lesson: The building blocks: word typesu… → uns“Movement in the fresh air keeps us fit.”
Uns is the accusative pronoun for “wir” (we) here: the movement keeps us fit.
Relevant lesson: Personal pronouns: ich, mich, mirW… → Wer“Whoever lives healthily usually feels better.”
Wer is a pronoun and acts as the subject of the subordinate clause: who lives healthily?
Relevant lesson: Personal pronouns: ich, mich, mirle… → lebt“Whoever lives healthily usually feels better.”
Lebt is the third-person singular present form of leben: leb- + -t.
Relevant lesson: Regular verbs & sein/habensi… → sich“Whoever lives healthily usually feels better.”
Fühlen is reflexive here: someone feels themselves. The reflexive pronoun is sich.
Relevant lesson: sich, man, esbes… → besser“Usually feels better.”
Besser is the comparative of gut (good). It compares this state with a less good one.
Relevant lesson: Comparison: bigger, biggest
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