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Er isst Reis am liebsten mit Stäbchen.

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Er
     n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
     pron. (personal) he.
     pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
isst
     v. second-person singular present of essen
     v. third-person singular present of essen
     essen
          v. to eat
          v. to eat; to dine
Reis
     n-m. rice
     n. (elevated) shoot (of a plant), little twig
     n. rare plural of Real
am
     contraction. an + dem, at the, on the
     contraction. auf + dem, on the, at the
     contraction. Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
     an
          prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against
          prep. by; near; close to; next to
          prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at
          prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in
          prep. on; onto
          prep. at; against
          prep. to; for
          adv. onward; on
          adj. (predicative) on
     dem
          art. dative singular of der: the
          pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
liebsten
     adj. superlative of lieb
     adj. form of lieb
     adv. superlative of gern
     gern
          adv. willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy, etc.
          adv. (only with mögen) much; a lot
          adv. (chiefly informal) easily; often
          adv. Used to indicate a preference.
     lieb
          adj. lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind
          adj. (of a child or animal also) good; well-behaved
          adj. (in or as an address) dear
          v. singular imperative of lieben
          v. colloquial of
mit
     prep. with (in the company of; alongside)
     prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)
     prep. with (as an accessory to)
     prep. with (having)
     prep. at (with the age of)
     prep. with, including, with ... included
     adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group
     adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well)
     adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it
Stäbchen
     n-n. diminutive of Stab
     n-n. (anatomy) rod (in the retina)
     n-n. skewer (pin used to secure food during cooking)
     n-n. (chiefly plural) chopstick




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