Ceapadóireacht Flashcards
When I saw the title of this essay at first it made me think
Nuair a chonaic mé teideal na haiste seo i dtosach, chuir sé ag smaoineamh mé
What is meant by the this statement or title?
Céard atá i gceist leis an ráiteas/teideal seo?
What it means in my opinion is…
Séard is brí leis i mo thuairim ná…
I think that
Ceapaim/Sílim/Measaim féin go/nach
There is no doubt that
Níl aon amhras ach go/nach
This is undoubtedly a controversial subject
Is ábhar conspoóideach é seo, gan amhras
It is widely believed that
Creidtear go forleathan go
A day does not pass that we don’t hear or see a reference to this subject in the media
Níl lá dá dtéann thart nach gcloistear nó nach bhfeictear tagairt éigin don ábhar seo sna meáin
More often than not
Níos minice ná mhalairt
There are two sides to every story and this is no exception
Tá dhá insint ar gach scéal agus ní haon eisceacht é an scéal seo
First of all
Ar an gcéad dul síos
As well as that
Chomh maith leis sin
On the other however
Ar an lámh eile, áfach
Alas, it’s not like that
Faraor, ní mar sin atá sé
Accordinf to the latest statistics from the Department of …
De réir na staitisticí is déanaí ón Roinn
According to a survey carried out very recently it was shown that
De réir suirbhé a rinneadh le fíordhéanaí, léiríodh go/gur
It would appear
De réir dealriamh
Things are not always as they seem
Ní mar a shíltear a bítear áfach
The complete opposite is true
A mhalairt ar fad atá fíor
We often see
Is minic a fheicimid
We rarely hear anything these days but
Is annamh a chloisimid aon rud eile na laethanta seo ach
Aren’t we all sick and tired of
Nach bhfuilimid go léir tinn tuirseach de
According to experts
Dar leis na saineolaithe