Colscaradh Flashcards
She is a modern and independent woman.
Is bean nua-aimseartha agus neamhspleách í.
She wants to be married but she doesn’t want to depend on her man.
Ba mhaith léi a bheith pósta ach níor mhaith léi a bheith ag brath ar a fear.
She wants to work and travel.
Ba mhaith léi a bheith ag obair agus ag taisteal.
Both of them were looking for love but they both had different desires and separated at the end of the poem.
Bhí an bheirt acu ag lorg grá ach bhí mianta difriúla ag an mbeirt acu agus scar siad ó chéile ag deireadh an dáin.
The man was looking for love in the house with his wife and children by the fire, but the woman wanted to go on holiday abroad.
Bhí an fear ag lorg grá sa teach lena bhean, agus lena pháistí cois tine, ach theastaigh ón mbean dul ar saoire thar lear.
Both of them were unhappy in the marriage.
Bhí an bheirt acu mí-shásta sa phósadh.
He wanted a traditional woman.
Bhí bean thraidisiúnta ag teastáil uaidh.
He wants to live in
native area and close to his people.
Ba mhaith leis cónaí in
cheantar dúchais agus in aice lena mhuintir.
He wanted a traditional life.
Bhí saol traidisiúnta ag teastáil uaidh.
He wants to sit by a fire. He wants an atmosphere nice and happy in the house with children.
Ba mhaith leis suí cois tine. Ba mhaith leis atmaisféar deas sona sa teach le bhí páistí.
She wants half the power, the authority in the house, to have her own money her, half of the property and wealth.
Ba mhaith léi leath den chumhacht, den údarás sa teach, go mbeadh a cuid airgid féin aici, leath den mhaoin agus den saibhreas.
She wants a home and love, to go on holiday abroad and to be respected by everyone and to be happy.
Ba mhaith léi teach agus grá, dul ar saoire thar lear agus meas a bheith ag gach duine uirthi agus a bheith sona sásta.
She wants to have a life and friends outside the house.
Ba mhaith léi saol agus cairde a bheith aici taobh amuigh den teach.