Dís

Question 1

Seán came home after a days work.

Answer 1

1. Tháinig Seán abhaile tar éis lá oibre.

Question 2

He sat down.

Answer 2

2. Shuigh sé síos.

Question 3

He started reading the newspaper.

Answer 3

3. Thosaigh sé ag léamh an nuachtáin.

Question 4

His wife was angry

Answer 4

4. Bhí fearg ar a bhean chéile.

Question 5

His wife was angry because Seán wasn’t talking to her.

Answer 5

5. Bhí fearg ar a bhean chéile mar ní raibh Seán ag caint léi.

Question 6

The woman wasn’t happy because she spent the day on her own with the baby.

Answer 6

6. Ní raibh an bhean sásta mar chaith sí an lá sa bhaile ina haonar leis an leanbh.

Question 7

Every day she took care of the baby and she cleaned the house.

Answer 7

Gach lá thug sí aire don leanbh agus ghlan sí an teach

Question 8

she didnt have the company for the day

Answer 8

ní raibh comhluadar aici don lá.

Question 9

according to the woman there was a survey in the newspaper.

Answer 9

dar leis an mbean bhí suirbhé sa nuachtán.

Question 10

according to the survey a quarter of married women in ireland were unhappy

Answer 10

dar leis an tsuirbhé bhí ceathrú cuid de mhná pósta na hÉireann míshona míshásta

Question 11

According to the woman she took part in this survey.

Answer 11

Dar leis an mbean ghlac sí páirt sa suirbhé seo.

Question 12

Seán was cross because she took part in the survey.

Answer 12

Bhí Seán crosta mar ghlac sí páirt sa suirbhé.

Question 13

The woman said that she took part in the survey because she had pity for the woman that was doing the survey.

Answer 13

Dúirt an bhean gur ghlac sí páirt sa suirbhé mar bhí trua aici don bhean a bhí ag déanamh an tsuirbhé.

Question 14

She was married for 2 years, expecting a baby and moving house.

Answer 14

Bhí sí pósta le dhá bhliain, ag súil le leanbh agus ag bogadh tí.

Question 15

The survey woman offered Seán’s wife a job.

Answer 15

Thairg bean an tsuirbhé post do bhean Sheáin.

Question 16

Seán’s wife was happy because she wanted to buy a new oven with the money.

Answer 16

Bhí bean Sheáin sásta mar bhí sí ag iarraidh sorn nua a cheannach leis an airgead.

Question 17

Seán was raging when he heard this news.

Answer 17

Bhí Seán ar buile nuair a chuala sé an nuacht seo.

Question 18

According to Seán she would be like a tinker going from door to door.

Answer 18

Dar le Seán bheadh sí cosúil le tincéir ag dul ó dhoras go doras.

Question 19

Seán believed that she took part in the survey because she was unhappy but that was not true.

Answer 19

Chreid Seán gur ghlac sí páirt sa suirbhé mar bhí sí míshona ach ní raibh sé sin fíor.

Question 20

She took part in the survey because Seán annoyed her that morning or the night before.

Answer 20

Ghlac sí páirt sa suirbhé mar chuir Seán fearg uirthi an mhaidin sin nó an oíche roimh ré.

Question 21

According to Seán’s wife men did not respect women.

Answer 21

Dar le bhean Sheáin ní raibh meas ag na fir ar na mná.

Question 22

She mentioned the custom the chinese had long ago-to burn the wife with the man when he died.

Answer 22

Luaigh sí an nós a bhí ag na Sínigh fadó-an bhean chéile a dhó leis an bhear nuair a fuair sé bás.

Question 23

According to the woman, the chinese were right because there was no need for the woman when the man died.

Answer 23

Dar leis an mbean, bhí an ceart ag na Sínigh mar ní raibh gá don bhean nuair a fuair an fear bás.

Question 24

At the end of the story the woman started thinking about the survey woman because she didn’t hear anything about her for the job.

Answer 24

Ag deireadh an scéil thosaigh an bhean ag smaoineamh faoi bhean an tsuirbhé mar níor chuala sí aon rud uaithi faoin bpost.

Question 25

Maybe the survey woman told a lie.

Answer 25

B’fhéidir gur inis bean an tsuirbhé bréag.

Question 26

Seán’s wife was cross with the survey woman.

Answer 26

Bhí bean Sheáin crosta le bean an tsuirbhé.