Phrases

Abairtean

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Solarachadh bìdh (Food supply). Let's look at some of them again in context.

a' solarachadh biadh
providing food
solarachadh bìdh
food supply
coirce (m)
oats
eòrna (m)
barley
co–obrachadh
cooperation/collaboration
gun choimeas
unique/matchless
co–thuathanachas
collective farming
san Roinn Eòrpa
in Europe
tuathanachas–malairteach
commercial farming
anns na Stàitean Aonaichte
in the United States
tuathanasan cho mòr ri dùthchannan beaga
farms as big as small countries
fastadh
hiring, employing
tuathanas–bainne
dairy farm
Dùn Phris
Dumfries
acairean–fearainn
acres of land
a' fulang
suffering
air an dùthaich
in the countryside
talamh–àitich
arable land, cultivated or ploughed land
talamh (m), (f, genitive)
earth, ground, land, soil
an Talamh
the Earth
fearann (m)
(farm)land
obair–leasachaidh
development work
leasachadh
improvement/development

We'll catch up with some more of these as well as adding some new words and phrases to our vocabulary as we progress through this lesson.

Talamh is very interesting word. And there are different kinds of talamh/talmhainn ! Try looking them up in your dictionary or the LearnGaelic faclair.