Deine Freunde SchokoladeYeah Das ist ein Liedber etwas,das looks like the neuter articledas. But it mehr alsoft meansthis.

ber-about. There are notmany other translations forber-justabove- but you should be careful with translating other prepositions as they often do not make that much sense.

was ich ganz oft haben mchte,wasis notwhatas you might think butthat. It is arelative pronounthat is used torefer to alles, etwas, vieles or other indefinite amounts. And if you take a look at the song line before you will findetwas.As it is a relative pronoun which always initiates aside clauseit pushes theconjugated verbmchteto theend of the sentence.

ganztranslates literally intototallywhich just doesnt make much sense here. It is also used to intensify the meaning of the following word -here: oft- what you could translate asveryoften.

aber immer nur von einer Person bekomme.bekommeis at the end of this sentence as it is the same kind of side clause as the last one. In German as in English we tend to omit repetitions. So instead of singingwastwicethe secondwasis left out as it is redundant.

vonis used becausebekommenrequires it when you want to say from whom you get something. Search forverbs with prepositions to find out more.

Ich esse jeden Tag Obst, mal weniger, mal mehr.jeden Tagis Accusative. Arule of thumbwhen talking about time is:information about time ohne a preposition immer uses the Accusative, like above &information about time with a (two-way) preposition fast immer uses the Dative.I Nchstes Jahrfliege ich nach Berlin. AccusativeII Im nchsten Jahrfliege ich nach Berlin. DativeIII BUT: Ich fliegefr ein Jahrnach Berlin.>Iss mehr Obst.The phenomenon of the invisible article is callednull-article. To an extent of ~95% the de articles behave like the En ones. So intuitively you will make correct use of it right away.

mal mehr, mal wenigeris a nice way to sayat times more, at other times lessand as in English withmalmalyou have to use theKomparativ, which -as its name gives away- is used when youcomparethings with each other.

Bei uns zu Hause ist der Obstteller niemals leer.zu Hause, also:zuhause, is a nasty little exception. I recommend that you learn it as a fixed expression in the following combinations:Ich bin/bleibezu Hause.> I am/stay at home.Ich gehe/kommenach Hause. > I go/come home.Ich kommevon zu Hause.> I come from home.

Note thatbei uns zu Hausecannot be separated [Ich zu bin Hause, ich von komme zu Hause] & therefore takes position I [one] in the sentence which is followed by the verbistonposition IIwhich is thestandard positionfor German verbs.

niemalsis a strker form ofnie. Both meannever. It seems to be used here for vocal or rhythmic reasons.

& Mama sagt:Iss diepfel & Bananen,undalways takesposition 0. It does that with these four other little words:aber denn sondern oder. Together they build the initialism: ADUSO which can be used as a powerful mnemonic for these conjunctions:ADUSOis a l0ser.

issis theimperativeofessenfor a person you are familiar mit. The imperative is built mit help of thedu-formof the verb>du isstwhich is then stripped off theperson:du + st endingresulting iniss!Here the-stis not totally stripped off as the stem of essen contains two s and therefore keeps it.

Il ny a pas darticlediemit Bananen as it is the same as forpfel& can therefore be omitted.

Birnen, Mandarinen & den ganzen anderen Kram.ganzen & anderenare two adjectives. No matter how many adjectives you put in a row they will all have the same ending,-enin this example.

& dann erzhlt sie mir, wie wichtig Vitamine sind & sagt:danntakes position I

erzhlenis a verb that can take up totwo objects. Even when it doesnt make use of all two objects,the thing being toldis immer in theAkkusativwhile thepersonit is being told to will immer be in theDative.Whenever you come across a verb mit two objects, you will immeronlyfindoneAkkusativ objekt &oneDative objekt. There are three Ausnahmen: lehren, nennen, kosten which are insignificant if you are a beginner.

wieis intiating a so calledObjektsatz, which is another form of a side clause, hence the verb goes to the end of that Satz. You could replace thewiemit adassbut be aware that some elements of der Satz might change their position:, dass Vitamine wichtig sind.

Komm, iss deinen Teller auf, sei ein liebes Kind.seiis theimperativeofsein