Gardening: Everyday Vocabulary

Gardening: Everyday Vocabulary

Today is a weekday but before I sit down and work at the computer I decided to work outside and do some gardening. I am not much of a gardener but I like looking at flowers so for that I am willing to do a little bit of work. I am here in my front yard, and I have just planted a few flowers. Now I am headed to the back yard to plant some more. In the front yard I was working in the sun. It was getting really hot. Here in the back yard I get to work in the shade so it’s much cooler. I plan to dig a total of three holes. I am on my second. I’ll get back to work. I’ll put on my gardening gloves and I’ll pick up my shovel. It’s time to dig. I’ll put the dirt to the side. You have to be careful. There are some stones and roots down here. I finished digging my second hole. Now I’m going to put in some good black soil and I’m going to add some fertilizer. This will help the flowers to stay healthy and grow. Now I get to put in my flowers. I’ve planted my flowers but I’m not quite done yet. My children like garden decorations. As you can see we have a pinwheel, a bird bath, and this rabbit. I’m also going to add these two ships and a lighthouse for them to enjoy. And finally it’s time to water my garden. I have my watering can and I’m going to water my newly planted flowers.

Can you translate these words and expressions into Hungarian?

1. plant a garden

2. work in the garden

3. garden decorations

 4. pinwheel

5. birdbath,

6. statue

7. do some gardening

8. gardening gloves

9. watering can

10. fill the watering can

11. water the plants

12. water the garden

13. garden hose

14. shovel

15. dig a hole

16. roots

17. weeds

18. soil

19. fertilizer

20. add fertilizer to the soil

21. fertilize plants

22. work in the sun

23. work in the shade

Key:

1. növényeket (kertet) ültetni

2. dolgozni a kertben

3. kerti díszek

4. szélforgó

5. madárfürdő

6. szobor

7. kertészkedni

8. kertészkesztyű

9. locsolókanna

10. megtölteni a locsolókannát

11. megöntözni a virágokat

12. megöntözni a kertet

13. kerti locsolócső/slag

14. ásó

15. gödröt ásni 

16. gyökerek

17. gazok

18. föld/termőföld

19. trágya/műtrágya

20. trágyázni a földet

21. trágyázni a növényeket

22. napon dolgozni

23. árnyékban dolgozni