As in English, gray. Flowers in English with translation and transcription: flower power

If you think that the names of flowers in English are a purely feminine theme, we hasten to convince you.

First, flowers and plants are British national symbols: rose (rose) - a symbol of England, thistle (thistle) - the symbol of Scotland, shamrock (shamrock) - the symbol of Northern Ireland, daffodil (yellow daffodil) - the symbol of Wales.

Secondly, many color names are simultaneously used as female names: your new friend from Brighton or Edinburgh may be called Lily(like Harry Potter's mom) Iris(as the mom of U2 vocalist Bono) Rose(as the heroine of "Titanic"), Jasmine, Sage, Heather, , Poppy, Daisyor Myrtle.

Thirdly, many flowers have given their names to shades that repeat their color:

- hot pink or red color
lavender - lavender, lavender, lilac color
periwinkle - pale blue with a lilac shade
primrose - pale yellow, lemon color
- purple, lilac color
fuchsia - fuchsia color, hot pink with a lilac shade

Keep in mind that color names are used to describe the perfume pyramid: the most popular notes remain peony,freesia, jasmine, orange blossom,orchid, tuberose, gardenia.

In addition, a beautiful bouquet is still considered a pleasant gesture, and the names of flowers will come in handy to order it in flowershop (flower shop). Watch the video in which teacher Dave explains how to order flowers for his girlfriend:

By the way, what is the difference between a bouquet and abunchof flowers?

abouquetofflowers - a complex bouquet made from different types of flowers
abunchofflowers - a modest bouquet or an armful of flowers of the same type
a posy - small bunch with shorter stems and simple decoration

So, our list of colors in English with translation and transcription. Let's start with gardenflowers (garden flowers) and hothouseflowers(greenhouse flowers), which are often sold as cut flowers - cut flowers.


	[ˌÆməˈrɪlɪs]	amaryllis


bougainvillea	[ˌBuːɡənˈvɪliə]	bougainvillea
camellia
		carnation
		chrysanthemum
clematis		clematis

cyclamen		cyclamen
daffodil

		daisy
delphinium		delphinium
edelweiss		edelweiss
		forget-me-not


gardenia	[ɡɑːˈdiːnɪə]	gardenia
	[ˈDʒɜːrbərə] / [ˈɡɜːrbərə]
gladiolus	[ˌꞬlædiˈoʊləs]	gladiolus
honeysuckle		honeysuckle
hyacinth	[ˈHʌɪəsɪnθ]


lavender

lily of the valley	[͵lıl əv ðə ʹvælı]


marigold	[ˈMæriɡoʊld]	marigold

nasturtium		nasturtium

		pansies

periwinkle		periwinkle


primrose
ranunculus		ranunculus
rhododendron	[ˌRəʊdəˈdɛndr (ə) n]	rhododendron

snapdragon	[ˈSnæpdræɡən]	snapdragon
snowdrop		snowdrop
sunflower		sunflower
tuberose	[ˈTjuːbərəʊz]	tuberose


wisteria		wisteria

To memorize the correct pronunciation of color names, play the video and repeat them after the announcer:

African violet		saintpaulia, violet

Christmas cactus	[ˈKrɪsməs ˈkæktəs]	schumberger, Decembrist
geranium
gloxinia	[ɡlɒkˈsɪnɪə]	gloxinia
hibiscus		hibiscus
kalanchoe	[ˌKalənˈkəʊi]	kalanchoe

How did some color names appear in English? Let's dive into the etymology of beautiful flora!

(anemone)

The anemone is also known as the anemone. The word, first recorded in English in the mid-1500s, may be derived from a Greek word literally meaning "daughter of the wind." It was believed that the brightly colored petals of this flower opened only when the wind blew.

(amaryllis)

In the poems of Theocritus, Ovid and Virgil, the name Amaryllis was often found, which was worn by beautiful village girls. Carl Linnaeus, the father of the modern classification system for flora and fauna, used this name for a distinct flower family in the late 1700s. The name probably comes from a Greek verb meaning "sparkle" or "shine," a fitting association for a flower whose long white petals sparkle with rich red streaks and streaks.

(carnation)

There are two theories for how the word came to English in the early 1500s. According to the first, distorted coronation“Coronation”, perhaps because the flower's scalloped petals resembled a crown, or because the carnation garland was worn as a wreath. The second theory has to do with the shade of the carnation flower: the word may come from a Middle French word "Pink complexion", which in turn is based on the Latin root caro"Flesh" - it is found in not the most pleasant modern english wordsoh carnal "Carnal" and carnage "Carnage, carnage".

(chrysanthemum)

In accordance with their etymology, chrysanthemum flowers are often bright yellow, almost golden in color. The word comes from Greek krysanthemonmeaning "golden flower". First component krysos"Golden" is preserved in the English word chrysalis “Doll, cocoon”. Second component anthos "Flower" appears in the word anthology "Anthology", literally - "collection of flowers". The colloquial name of chrysanthemums is mums - first appeared in the late 1800s.

DAISY(daisy)

Daisy can rightfully be considered the original English name of the flower. As attested in one of the earliest English-language written sources, the word daisy comes from the Old English combination dæ gesege "Day eye": the white flower petals close at dusk and open at dawn, like the "day eye" that falls asleep and wakes up.

(forget-me-not)

Name forget- me- not- literal translation of Old French nem’ oubliez mye "do not forget me". Renaissance romantics believed that if they wear these delicately colored flowers, their lovers will never forget them - this is how the humble flower became a symbol of fidelity and eternal love. Other languages \u200b\u200balso translated nem’ oubliezmye literally: in German, forget-me-not - Vergissmeinnicht, in Swedish - fö rgä tmigej, in Czech - nezabudka.

(lupine)

Elongated, tapering upward blue bunches of lupins outwardly hardly correspond to their etymology: comes from Latin lupinus"Wolfish". Where did such a fierce name come from? Perhaps earlier it was believed that flowers depleted the land in which they grew, absorbing nutrients from it like wolves devouring prey. Most likely, this theory is still closer to folk etymology, because in fact, lupins enrich the soil and are valued for the nutritional properties of their seeds.

PEONY(peony)

At the dawn of medicine, it was believed that peony is the name peony found already in Old English - it had healing properties, so its name could be given in honor of Pean, the doctor who healed the gods and heroes in Greek mythology. A related word of modern peony is the word paean"Song of praise," as Pean became identified with Apollo, the Greek god of music and poetry.

TULIP(tulip)

Arriving in English via Dutch and German in the late 1500s, the word tulip actually comes from Turkish tü lbentwhich developed from the Persian dulband "turban". Obviously, to those who, in the deep past, endowed the tulip with this name, the flower reminded a man's headdress worn throughout the Middle East, India and regions of northern and eastern Africa.

(violet)

Before the word in English came to mean purple (this happened in the late 1300s), the same word already meant a flower. comes from the French or , and this French word comes from the Latin viola... This viola has no etymological connection with the name of a musical instrument viola "viola". Some linguists believe that in Latin this name came from the Greek name for a flower, ion... It is interesting to trace the connection between botany and chemistry: the name iodine "Iodine" comes from Greek ioeides "Purple" because the chemical gives off purple fumes.

From the first days of a child's life, a colorful world opens up for him, although several years must pass for a child to distinguish colors in more detail and assimilate their names. With the right approach of parents to this matter, this task is quite doable, even if it is about mastering colors in a foreign language.

Most children from 2-3 years of age distinguish colors and know their names, but sometimes this ability can come to a later age - by 4-5 years. The fact that adults do not see the results of their work on mastering the names of flowers by a child should not deprive the child of the thirst for knowledge of the colorful world. The explanation for this can be found in the effect imprinting - the ability to assimilate a large amount of information in the early stages of development without making any effort to this. It follows that by surrounding the child with useful information (in this case, bright pictures with the names of certain colors, or repeating their names daily or at intervals with the child in a playful way), you contribute to its involuntary assimilation.

Children can see the difference in the color of objects. However, matching a color to its name can be difficult for a child. Adult help will make this task easier, because the names of colors are common vocabulary, regardless of age. Correct pronunciation of the color name for adults and control over the pronunciation of the child is very important, because retraining is more difficult than teaching correctly.

The word "color" on english language — « color"([ˈKʌlə] - [ˈkale] (British English)) and" color"(American version).

Black - - [black] - black;
Bluе - - [blu:] - blue;
Brown - - [brown] - brown;
Green - - [gri: n] - green;
Orange - [ɔrɪndʒ] - [orange] - orange;
Pink - - [pink] - pink;
Purple - - [ash] - purple;
Red - - [red] - red;
White - - [white] - white;
Yellow - - [elow] - yellow.
[:] - long sound

Russian transcription conveys the approximate pronunciation of the word!

Visual support (visual material - pictures, drawings, posters) will help you quickly learn the names of colors. Modern techniques suggest showing pictures with color and its writing.

Thus, visibility will simplify the process of mastering the name of a color by a child, namely, the ratio of its spelling and pronunciation.

For example, you can use the following set of cards when working:

The table shows the main colors. If their assimilation did not cause difficulties, you can additionally learn the names of the shades of the basic color palette.

You can also introduce the child to the division of colors into warm and cold in this way: the sun is yellow and when it shines, it becomes warm to us, which means yellow is warm; and in winter it snows from dark gray and blue clouds and we are cold, which means that blue and gray are cold colors.

Option for working on color names

Show your child a picture or object of a certain color by pronouncing its name in English.
Have your child repeat the name of the color.
Ask your child to list items of this color in the room or outside the window (in Russian).
Repeat the name of the color again.
In the same way, work on the names of 2-3 colors (you can take more colors if you are sure that the child will learn their names).
Offer your child several color cards with the aim of choosing a color card for him, which you name in English.
Lay out some bright objects and ask the child to choose an object of the color you named.
Show your child a picture or object and ask what color it is.

What's the best way to learn about colors?

There is no definite answer to this question, since all people can be conditionally divided into the following types:

Visuals - better perceive information through the organs of vision.
Audials are those who better perceive information with the help of the hearing organs.
Kinesthetics are people who assimilate the maximum amount of information with the help of other senses (smell, touch ...).
Discretes are those who assimilate information by constructing logical arguments (through logical comprehension).

That is why the forms of learning colors are different for each child! If you are dealing with a group of students, then you should combine and alternate different types and forms of work.

Learning colors in a playful way

The most popular game for learning English is "Matching", which in Russian is called "Pick up a pair"... There are a huge number of options for this game, in the process you can change the conditions and adjust the task. The simplest version of the Matching game is to place 2 sets of cards on the table. One set with words (for example, red, green, black, pink ...), and the second set of cards with circles of different colors. The child should cover the card with the word with a circle of the desired color. There are many variations of the game, but the goal is to pair correctly.

For children who still cannot read, you can find other games. If the child is mobile, then you can play a game "Jumping gallop"... Conditions of play: the kid names his favorite color. A parent or teacher lists any colors, and when the favorite color is pronounced, the child should jump as high as possible.

Are very popular online Gamesthat will help make the learning process brighter and more varied. A collection of such games can be found on the website: http://english4kids.russianblogger.ru/category/english_beginner/english_colors.

Educational videos

Children are very fond of cartoons and all kinds of colorful videos. The use of such videos makes learning an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the child. There is nothing better than studying with your favorite characters:

Learning colors with Peppa Pig:

Learn colors in English with Luntik

Funny songs - Color Song

It is important not only to watch a video or listen to a song with a child, but also to learn the basic words on the topic.

Exercises for learning colors

Linguists have developed a large number of exercises for easy assimilation of the names of colors by children. Recently, this kind of material is in great demand by teachers and parents, since English is one of the most widespread in the world. Exercises for memorizing color in English are varied, taking into account the direct connection with the skills of speech recognition by ear (listening), building logical chains, and improving writing skills.

Coloring pictures by a child is one of the most powerful and fun ways to learn the names of flowers in English.

Option for working with coloring:

Name the color you want to paint over part of the image in English.
An alternative is online coloring pages in English, most often such exercises are found in the sections of games in English.

Another type of exercise for children is a recipe well known to many. Here you can write the name of the color in English and color the objects.
It is helpful to reinforce what you have previously learned with written or oral exercises. For example, you can ask your child the following questions:

What is it? (What is this?) - It is a cat! (It's a cat!) What color is the cat? (What color is the cat?) - It is white (She is white).
What is it? (What is this?) - It is a ball! (It's a ball!) What color is the ball? (What color is the ball?) - It is red (It is red).

Many children like to guess riddles, such a hobby can easily be turned into a useful exercise. For example,

This color warms the whole world and it is called ... red!
I remember forever: black in English is black.

It will be easier to remember colors in English if you solve a crossword puzzle.

How to quickly memorize colors in English?

Repeat color names regularly.
Surround the child with information related to flowers.
Focus on color - at home, while walking, when dressing a child.
Do different types exercises for all types of memory (visual, auditory, tactile ...).
Transform studying proccess in Game. The child will learn the information better if it is presented in a playful way.

Adapted texts in English

Hello dear user!

In this article, we will expand our vocabulary of English words with such a frequently used topic as "".

It is clear that the description of any objects or phenomena without bright colors is boring and unimpressive. Therefore, we will learn or pull up such a voluminous topic with you and expand our combinatorics of composing new English expressions without unnecessary stress.

First, let's think and remember: what colors do we most often use in Russian? Yes, there are not so many of them. There are only a few pieces that we use without thinking in everyday speech: red, blue, yellow, green, black, white, gray, orange, brown, blue, purple, pink (maybe something was not added).

We, as people, have the right habit to simplify everything and therefore we often do not need to complicate everything and say that, for example, this object is charcoal. Most likely we will say that this item is just "gray" and the maximum that can be added is the shade of this item and that's it!

The Anglo-American population is the same people as we are, and they also do not like to complicate anything, so it is enough to know only a certain base of colors, as well as also shades. And to study this will not be a super task for us, because it is given even in the elementary grades of school.

Colors in English

№	Color (Russian)	Color (English)	Transcription	Example
1	red	red	[red]	red car
2	blue	blue	[blu:]	blue pen
3	yellow	yellow	[‘Jeləu]	yellow pear
4	green	green	[gri: n]	green apple
5	the black	black	[blæk]	black metal
6	white	white	[wait]	white snow
7	orange	orange	[‘Ɔrindʒ]	orange sun
8	brown	brown	[braun]	brown tree
9	violet	purple	[‘Pə: pl]	purple night sky
10	pink	pink	[piŋk]	pink T-shirt
11	gray	gray	[grei]	gray style

These colors should be known in the order of things. And it is also worth putting them into practice. As you saw in the Example column, we just put our colors in front of the objects and got the phrases ready. This can be combined to more clearly express your thoughts.

For those who are better at remembering graphic information, we present english colors in a graphical image:

You can also vary the colors themselves with or without the auxiliary conjunction "and":

Red-yellow - red and yellow;
Black and white movie;
Yellow-green jacket - yellow-green jacket;

Shades in English

Plus, you can add several shades to this for a more detailed description:

Dark - dark. Example: dark red car, dark green color.
Light - light. Example: light blue sky, light brown pencil.
Pale - pale. Example: pale yellow leather (pale yellow leather), pale brown dye (pale brown paint).
Bright - bright. Example: bright red blood (bright red blood), bright green absinth (light green absinth).
Deep - deep (meaning dark). Example: deep pink thing, deep gray hair.
Dim is dim. Example: dim white light, dim purple crystal.

This is the very basis that you need to know in order to understand "what and how."

But also, for more advanced users, there are many more colors that can be used in English:

№	Color (Russian)	Color (English)	Pronunciation
1	amber	amber	amba
2	anise	anise	anise
3	apricot	apricot	eipricot
4	aquamarine	aquamarine	aquamarine
5	azure	azure	azea
6	beige	beige	badge
7	bronze	bronze	bronze
8	chocolate	chocolate	chocolate
9	copper	copper	cop
10	cornflower	cornflower	conflave
11	cream	cream	cream
12	emerald	emerald	emerred
13	gold	gold	gold
14	indigo	indigo	indigo
15	khaki	khaki	how
16	purple	lilac	laylack
17	lime	lime	lime
18	purple	magenta	magenta
19	navy blue	navy	navy
20	olive	olive	olive

That's all I wanted to tell you on the topic “ Colors and shades in English". Summing up, I would like to note that learning and memorizing all new colors can be good, but not so effective. Practice is more important! It is enough to use them in spoken language, so that a certain algorithm for combining the combinations "color + object" would be developed and then, after good practice, you, without stress, can use all this at the level of automatism.

Hello kids, their parents, nannies and teachers!

I noticed for a long time that along with numbers, children love to recognize words for colors in English. Apparently, therefore, according to the well-known law "The more interesting the faster", they remember such words with lightning speed!

If you don’t believe it, let's check it out now! Let's start with songs and videos, which, I can tell you, are just an abundance on the Internet. But I chose the coolest for you! And she provided a dictionary with translation for those without a single Russian word))

So, learning colors in English for children is our goal today! Go...

balloon - a balloon
bye-bye - bye bye
say "bye-bye" to all the beautiful balloons - say "bye-bye" to all the beautiful balloons!

Let "s learn the colors song together - Let's sing a song of flowers together
Apple is red - apple is red
Leaves are green - green leaves
Lemon is yellow - lemon yellow
Sky is blue - the sky is blue
Carrot is orange - orange carrot
Berries are purple - purple berries
Flowers are pink - pink flowers
Night and day for black and white - Night and day for black and white
Rainbows are always bright - rainbows are always bright

What colors do you like? - What colors do you like?
I like blue sky - I like blue sky
I like green grass - I like green grass
I like purple butterflies - I like purple butterflies
I like yellow daisies - I like yellow daisies
Pink and orange sunsets - pink-orange sunsets
I like white - snowy white - I like white - snowy white
Black of the night - Black as night
I like the brown of the earth in the ground - I love brown as earth
I like blueberry-pie - I like blueberry pie
Green cabbage and broccoli - green cabbage and broccoli
I like yellow corn - I like yellow corn
Orange carrots too - orange carrots too
White mashed potato - white puree
And a brown gravy stew - and a brown stew
I like red strawberries - I like red strawberries
Purple grapes - purple grapes
I like pink grapefruit - I like pink grapefruit

There are also many interesting things in Russian-language videos, but keep in mind that if the child is not more than 3 years old, it is better for him to show only the English-language versions (those that are higher). If he's older, it's up to you to decide. And if his age is approaching 8 years old or more, then a video with Russian comments will be just right!

And here they are:

It's time to add to this riot of emotions and sound cards in the form of a table (under it you will find a file for printing), which will help you repeat colors and come up with different games with them.

The following game came to my mind: the Kid chooses any card from your hands at random. When he sees a color, you are together or he himself must remember the word corresponding to the color, and then you go in search of an object of that color - at home, in the garden, on the street! When this stage is completed (several such activities will be required), you can do the opposite - show the child the object and ask him to find a card with the corresponding color and pronounce it. Or you offer him two oral options, and he chooses.

Games can be created on the go - it's very easy and fun!

By the way, if you need a word with transcription, there is a service on the right in the sidebar that can provide it to you. Just enter a word and click "Transcribe"

And we continue: