{"id":10252,"date":"2017-08-30T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T07:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=10252"},"modified":"2017-08-28T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T17:50:10","slug":"russian-for-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-for-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian For Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you like gardening, or perhaps you farm for a living? Then you would probably like to know how to talk about growing things in Russian. This post will list a few common farming words to get you started.<\/p>\n

\"sunflowers\"

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\u0421\u0430\u0434<\/h2>\n

\u0421\u0430\u0434 translates as a garden or an orchard and is an important word for agriculture (\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0445\u043e\u0437\u044f<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>). A person who gardens for fun \u2014 or to grow food for their own consumption \u2014 is called \u0441\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434<\/strong>, not to be confused with \u0441\u0430\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a<\/strong> (gardener), someone who looks after other people’s, often decorative, gardens. Gardening as a hobby is called \u0441\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u041f\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435<\/h2>\n

\u041f\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435<\/strong> (field; plural \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f) is another important word for agriculture. \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u044b<\/span>\u0435 \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044b<\/span><\/strong> refers to wild flowers. Another place for growing things that comes to mind is \u043b\u0443\u0433<\/strong> (meadow, plural \u043b\u0443\u0433\u0430<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

\"grain\"

Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

\u0421\u0435<\/span>\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/h2>\n

\u0421\u0435<\/span>\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (imp.)\/\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (perf.) not only means but is also a cognate of<\/a> “to sow.” This refers to putting seeds (\u0441\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0430<\/span><\/strong>, singular \u0441\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u044f<\/strong>, see declension pattern<\/a>) in the ground. You may remember the saying “\u0427\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c, \u0442\u043e \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0436\u043d\u0451\u0448\u044c<\/strong>” (You reap what you sow) from our post on biblical sayings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u0421\u0430\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/h2>\n

\u0421\u0430\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (imp.)\/\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (perf.), to plant, may be similar to \u0441\u0435\u044f\u0442\u044c and refer to planting seeds. However, it can also refer to planting a seedling (\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0446<\/strong>, plural \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0446\u044b<\/strong>) or a grown plant, for example in order to move it.<\/p>\n

\u0420\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/h2>\n

Another important word is \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/strong> (plant). This word is related to \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span><\/strong> (to grow, intransitive) or \u0432\u044b\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0449\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (to grow, transitive). Common words for talking about plants include \u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\/\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u044c\u044f<\/strong> (tree), \u043a\u0443\u0441\u0442<\/strong> (bush), \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (grass), \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043a\/\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044b<\/span><\/strong> (flower), \u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0449<\/strong> (vegetable), and \u0444\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442<\/strong> (a fruit).<\/p>\n

\"vegetables

Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/h2>\n

\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (imp.)\/\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (perf.) means to water. The related noun is \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0432<\/strong>, although you may also come across \u0438\u0440\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f<\/strong> in more formal contexts.<\/p>\n

\u0423\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0439<\/h2>\n

\u0423\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0439<\/strong> means harvest, and \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0439<\/strong> is to harvest. This word is related to the -\u0440\u043e\u0434- root<\/a>, which has to do with being born.<\/p>\n

Of course, this is only an incomplete list of farming vocabulary. What other words would you put on this list? What farming-related words would you like to learn?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"grain\"

Do you like gardening, or perhaps you farm for a living? Then you would probably like to know how to talk about growing things in Russian. This post will list a few common farming words to get you started. \u0421\u0430\u0434 \u0421\u0430\u0434 translates as a garden or an orchard and is an important word for agriculture…<\/p>\n

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