Dís:Notes

Question 1

The man has a job, he works during the day and therefore gets exhausted when he returns home everyday

Answer 1

Tá post ag an bhfear, oibríonn sé i rith an lae agus dá bhrí sin bíonn sé tuirseach traochta nuair a fhilleann sé abhaile gach lá

Question 2

He is a traditional, conservative person and he doesn’t have respect for his wife.

Answer 2

Is duine traidisiúnta, leanúnach é agus níl meas aige ar an mbean.

Question 3

Of course he ignores her as long as she is talking and it’s clear that is more interested in the paper than what she has to say

Answer 3

Ar ndóigh, tugann sé neamhaird uirthi fad is atá sí ag caint, agus is léir go bhfuil níos mó spéise aige sa pháipéar ná sa mhéid atá a rá aici.

Question 4

He wants silence from her

Answer 4

Teastaíonn tost agus síocháin uaidh.

Question 5

The woman in this prose piece is a housewife, however, the traditional mould doesn’t suit her

Answer 5

Is bean an tí í an bhean sa phíosa próis seo, áfach, ní oireann an múnla traidisiúnta di

Question 6

She is no longer happy with her life

Answer 6

Ní mó ná sásta atá sí lena saol.

Question 7

Of course, she is fed up with the life she has and doing the household duties from dusk to dawn

Answer 7

Ar ndóigh, tá sí bréan bailithe den saol atá aici, ag déanamh curaimí an tí ó dhubh go dubh

Question 8

And still, she doesn’t get any respect or recognition

Answer 8

Agus fós, ní fhaigheann sí aon mheas nó aitheantas

Question 9

As she says when the floor is dirty,cthe husband complains about it but when it is clean, he takes no notice of it

Answer 9

Mar a deireann sí, nuair atá an urlár salach, bíonn an fear ag gearán faoi, ach nuair a bhíonn sé glan, ní thugann sé aon cheann de

Question 10

She is at her wits end

Answer 10

Tá sí i ndeireadh na féide

Question 11

She gets tired in the house during the day, raising her kids she feels like a prisoner in her own home

Answer 11

Bíonn sí sáinnithe sa teach i rith an lae, ag tabhairt aire don linbh, agus braitheann sí mar phríosúnach ina tigh féin

Question 12

Because of that, she desires to talk when her husband arrives home in the afternoon

Answer 12

Mar sin, tá fonn cainte uirthí nuair a shroiceann a fear chéile abhaile san iarnóin.

Question 13

She is a modern, untraditional woman and she intends to get a job but when the husband hears this he gets mad

Answer 13

Is bean nua-aimseartha, neamh-thraidisiúnta í agus tá sé ar intinn aici post a fháil ach, nuair a chloiseann an fear é seo, téann sé le báiní.

Question 14

This woman is trying to break the traditional mould but she gets discouraged

Answer 14

Tá an bhean seo ag iarraidh an múnla traidisiúnta a bhriseadh, ach tagann éadóchas uirthi

Question 15

In my opinion, it is notable that this woman doesn’t have a name;it shows that she is an anonymous, worthless person

Answer 15

I mo thuarim, tá sé suntasach nach bhfuil ainm ag an mbean seo; léiríonn sé gur duine anaithnid, neamhfhiúntach í.

Question 16

Freedom and the low status of women is the main theme of this funny story

Answer 16

Is é saoirse agus stadás íseal na mná príomh-théama an ghearrscéil seo

Question 17

It’s clear that the main character is very frustrated because she has no freedom

Answer 17

Is léir go bhfuil frustrachas an domhain ar an bpríomhcarachtar, mar níl saoirse ar bith aici.

Question 18

She is under the thumb of her husband

Answer 18

Tá sí faoin ordóg ag a fear.

Question 19

In the old days there were definite roles for the man and for the woman in marriage

Answer 19

Sna seanlaethata bhí róil cinnte don fhear agus don bhean sa phósadh.

Question 20

The man was going out working to earn money, and at the same time, the woman stayed in the house without company to keep the house in order.

Answer 20

Bhí ar an bhfear dul amach ag obair chun airgead a thuilleamh, agus ag an ám céanna, bhí ar an mbean fanacht sa bhaile, gan chomhluadar chun an teach a choiméad in ord is in eagar

Question 21

Culturally, women who were going out working were looked down on as they were said to have been abandoning the family

Answer 21

Go cultúrtha, caitheadh anuas ar na mná a chuaigh amach ag obair, mar bhíothas den tuairim go raibh said ag tréigean na clainne

Question 22

The man thinks that the neighbours would be talking and the wife would be going from house to house ‘like a tinker’

Answer 22

Ceapann an fear seo go mbeadh na comharsana ag cabaireacht dá mbeadh an bhean ag dul ó thigh go tigh ag obair, “cosúil le tincéir”

Question 23

Therefore, women’s lives were extremely limited and unsatisfactory in the past

Answer 23

Dá bhrí sin, bhí saol na mná thar a bheith teoranta agus míshásúil sa chaite.

Question 24

Without a doubt equality is another theme in this story

Answer 24

Gan amhras ar bith ,is é an comhionannas téama eile sa scéal.

Question 25

Women were treated like second class citizens

Answer 25

Caitheadh le mná mar shaoráinithe den dara grád

Question 26

It’s no surprise that this woman was very angry when the visited the survey woman

Answer 26

Ní haon ionadh é go raibh an bhean seo le cuthach nuair a thug bean an tsuirbhé cuairt uirthi

Question 27

She criticized men harshly that day and released her frustration during the survey

Answer 27

Cháin sí na fir go géar ar an lá sin agus scaoil sí uaithi a frustrachas i rith an tsuirbhé.

Question 28

She was a part of the 25 percent of women who were unhappy in their marriage and thats what starts the conversation

Answer 28

Bhí sí mar chuid den 25 fán gcéad de mhná a bhí ‘míshona, míshasta’ sa phósadh agus sin a lasann splanc an chomhrá

Question 29

However, at the end of the story sexism is still alive and well and there is inequality between the husband and the wife

Answer 29

Áfach, ag críoch an scéil tá an seobhaineachas fós beo beathach agus tá an míchothromaíocht idir an fear céile agus an bhean chéile.

Question 30

In Ireland, in the sixties things were not publicly discussed, they were kept under the covers

Answer 30

In Éireann, sna seachtoidí níor pléadh rudaí go poiblí, cuireadh iad faoi cheilt

Question 31

Humour is very well used in this story

Answer 31

Baintear úsáid an-chumasach as an ngreann sa scéal seo.

Question 32

For example, the dialogue and the interaction is extremely funny

Answer 32

Mar shampla, tá an idirphlé agus an idirghníomh thar a bheith greannmhar.

Question 33

The man hides behind the newspaper all the time, because he doesn’t have any desire at all to talk

Answer 33

Fanann an fear taobh thiar den nuachtán at t-am ar fad, mar níl fonn cainte ar bith aige

Question 34

After that he only gives short sharp answers such as ‘huh?’

Answer 34

Ina dhiadh sin ní thugann sé ach freagraí gonta borb ar nós “huh?”

Question 35

This reveals that the man doesn’t care about the woman’s desires/wishes

Answer 35

Nochtaíonn sé seo gur cuma leis an bhfear mar gheall ar an mbean agus a mianta

Question 36

This stort is full of irony and sarcasm

Answer 36

Tá an scéal seo lán go barra le híoróin agus searbhas, leis.

Question 37

For example the following statement is full of sorrow, ‘What else would a woman have but a child?’

Answer 37

Mar shampla, tá an ráiteas seo a leanas lán le searbhas : “Cad eile a bheadh ag mná ná leanbh”

Question 38

Humour is seen when the wife goes back on what she says

Answer 38

Tá greann le feiscint nuair a théann an bhean thart ar a bhfuil ráite aici

Question 39

At first, she attacks men but later she attacks the survey woman

Answer 39

Ar dtús ionsaíonn sí fir ach níos déanaí ionsaíonn sí bean an tsuirbhé

Question 40

The humour comes to the forefron in the end

Answer 40

Tá an greann go mór chun tosaigh sa críoch.

Question 41

The man falls asleep, covered behind the newspaper and the woman continues talking and talking

Answer 41

Titeann an fear ina chodladh, clúdaithe taobh thiar den nuachtán agus léanann an bhean ar aghaidh ag caint, ‘s ag caint!

Question 42

It finishes as it started the man is oblivious to her needs

Answer 42

Críochnaíonn sé mar a thosaigh sé, tá an fear beagbheann ar a riachtanais

Question 43

It is a bleak ending but at the same time it sums up their relationship

Answer 43

Is críoch scéirdiúil é seo, ach, ag an ám céanna is íomha greannmhar é seo a shainmhíonn a gcaidreamh

Question 44

This piece is presented as a conversation and this is an effective tool

Answer 44

Cuirtear an píosa seo in ár láthair mar chomhrá agus is seift éifeachtach é seo

Question 45

It is easy to imagine the situation and it adds believability to the characters

Answer 45

Tá sé an-éasca an suíomh seo a shamlú cuireann sé le hinchreideacht na gcarachtar

Question 46

As well as that, we can see the communication difficulties and the bare truth

Answer 46

Chomh maith leis sin, is féidir linn na deacrachtaí cumarsáide (agus an fhírinne lom a fheicéail.