A2Grammar

Man sollte lieber schweigen, wenn man nichts Nützliches zu sagen hat.

One should rather remain silent if one has nothing useful to say.

In German

Man sollte lieber schweigen, wenn man nichts Nützliches zu sagen hat.

man zol-te lee-ber shvai-gen, ven man nisht nue-tsli-khes tsoo za-gen hat.
🇬🇧 English
One should rather remain silent if one has nothing useful to say.
🇪🇸 Español
Es mejor callar si no se tiene nada útil que decir.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Si dovrebbe piuttosto tacere se non si ha nulla di utile da dire.

Sentence Breakdown

WordTranslationRole
ManOneimpersonal pronoun
sollteshouldmodal verb, Konjunktiv II of sollen
lieberratheradverb
schweigenremain silentverb, infinitive
wennifconjunction
manoneimpersonal pronoun
nichtsnothingpronoun
Nützlichesusefuladjective (nominalized)
zutoinfinitive particle
sagensayverb, infinitive
hathasverb, present tense of haben
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Grammar Point

Konjunktiv II (advice) + real conditional (present tense).

Variations

Wenn man nichts Nützliches zu sagen hat, sollte man lieber schweigen.
If you have nothing useful to say, you should rather remain silent.
Man schweigt besser, wenn man nichts Nützliches zu sagen hat.
It's better to remain silent if you have nothing useful to say.

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