An Timpeallacht: The Environment
Below are words and phrases associated with Topaic na Seachtaine:
An Timpeallacht
(The Environment)
Focail / Words
alive – beo
apathy – neamhshuim (‘disinterest’)
bog – portach
camping – campáil
climate – aeráid
conservation – caomhnú
cycle – timthriall
destruction – scriosadh
dismissiveness – drochmheas (‘bad respect’)
ecosystem – éiceachóras
environment (i.e. surroundings)
timpeallacht
forest, wood – foraois, coill
habitat – gnáthóg
hiking – siúlóireacht, cnocadóireacht
lake – loch
life – an saol
living things – beatha
mountain – sliabh
nature – dúlra/nádúr
regeneration – athbheochan (‘re-enlivening’)
river – abhainn
sea – farraige
here and there – breac-
storm – stoirm
temperature – teocht
trail – conair
tree – crann
wetland, marsh – bogach
wilderness – fiántas
world – domhan
Frásaí / Phrases
Dispersed forests – breac-choillte
I don’t care – Is cuma liom
I love to walk in the forest – Is aoibhinn liom siúl san fhoraois
It will be destroyed – Scriosfar é
There is a lovely trail – Tá conair bhreá ann
The area is great for hiking/camping – Is an-cheantar é don tsiúlóireacht/champáil
The sea calms me – Cuireann an fharraige ar mo shuaimhneas mé
We live near a park/river/ beach – Táimid inár gcónaí in aice le páirc/abhainn/cladach
Conservation alone is not enough anymore – Ní leor an caomhnú amháin a thuilleadh
Do you know what the natural habitat of your area is? – An bhfuil gnáthóg do cheantair ar eolas agat?
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