Unit 22 - Growing plants and vegetables
In the garden "Anns a’ Ghàrradh "
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There are three words commonly used for “garden” in Gaelic. Lios (as in Lios Mòr, the island of Lismore, which is as fertile as its name suggests), leas, a dialectal variant of lios, common in the north, and gàrradh. The last actually means a wall, usually of drystone construction, but has also come to mean what is contained within such a structure – ie a garden. In this unit, we shall concentrate on the word gàrradh as meaning a garden.
Here is some vocabulary to get you started:
- gàirnealaireachd
- gardening
- gàrradair
- gardener
- lus
- plant
- luibh
- plant, herb, weed
- glasraich
- vegetables
- curranan
- carrots
- càl
- cabbage(s)
- càil
- cabbages
- blooms, flowers
- dìtheanan
- blooms, flowers
- flùraichean
- flùranach
- flowery
Before you get started, note the use of the adverb dha-rìribh. This means “indeed”. It is also used after an adjective as a strengthener, for emphatic effect. You will hear it regularly in conversation.
Now listen to Seònaid and Iain who are out in the garden.
