Breakdown of Das Kind isst gut und wird sehr stark.
das Kind
the child
und
and
sehr
very
gut
good / well
essen
to eat
werden
to become / to get (change of state)
stark
strong
Questions & Answers about Das Kind isst gut und wird sehr stark.
Why is the verb wird here instead of werdt or werdet?
The verb werden (to become or to get) has a vowel change in the present tense. For the he/she/it form, which applies to das Kind, the stem vowel changes from 'e' to 'i', making it wird.
Why isn't there another subject after und? Shouldn't it be 'und es wird sehr stark'?
You can leave out the second subject if it is exactly the same as the first one. Since das Kind is doing both the eating and the becoming, German lets you drop the second subject, just like we do in English when we say 'The child eats well and becomes strong.'
Just to review, why is the first verb isst and not esst?
The verb essen (to eat) also has a stem-vowel change from 'e' to 'i' for the he/she/it forms. So das Kind isst is correct for 'the child eats.' The word esst is the 'you all' plural form, as in ihr esst.
Why does gut translate to 'well' here instead of 'good'?
In German, words that describe nouns and words that describe actions usually have the exact same form. While English forces you to change 'good' to 'well' to describe how the child eats, German just uses the base word gut for both!
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