Vocab

Question 1

divorce

Answer 1

colscaradh

Question 2

he separated/he separates

Answer 2

scar sé/scarann sé

Question 3

wishes/desires

Answer 3

mianta

Question 4

values

Answer 4

luachanna

Question 5

contrast

Answer 5

codarsnacht

Question 6

metaphor

Answer 6

meafar

Question 7

images

Answer 7

íomhánna

Question 8

the couple

Answer 8

an lánúin

Question 9

married

Answer 9

pósadh

Question 10

obstacles

Answer 10

constaicí

Question 11

outlook

Answer 11

dearcadh

Question 12

unsolvable problems

Answer 12

difríochtaí doréiithe

Question 13

warm/cosy

Answer 13

teolaí

Question 14

authority

Answer 14

úadarás

Question 15

rich

Answer 15

saibhreas

Question 16

status

Answer 16

stádas

Question 17

society

Answer 17

sochaí

Question 18

material things

Answer 18

nithe/rudaí ábhartha

Question 19

to want

Answer 19

theastaigh ó

Question 20

attention

Answer 20

léiriú

Question 21

blame

Answer 21

milleán

Question 22

failed marraige

Answer 22

theip an bpósta

Question 23

The poet doesn’t give no/any judgement on them

Answer 23

Ní thugann an file aon bhreithiúnas orthu

Question 24

he mentions the wishes of the man and the values ​​of the woman and mentions the different vision they both had of marriage

Answer 24

Luann sé mianta an fhir agus luachanna ana mná agus luann sé an fhís dhifriúil a bhí ag an mbeirt acu den phósadh

Question 25

different vision

Answer 25

fís difriúil

Question 26

He points out that it was that rift or gap that created the obstacles in their relationship and because of the gap in the minds of the two, they separated

Answer 26

Tugann sé le fios gurch é an deilghilt nó an bearna sin a chruthaigh na constaicí ina gcaidreamh agus de bharr na bearna a bhí ann maidir le meon na beirte, scar siad óna chéile

Question 27

rift or gap

Answer 27

deilghilt nó an bearna

Question 28

The poet points out that the woman and the man in this poem wanted love, affection and love

Answer 28

Tugann an file le fios gur theastaigh grá, cion agus searc ón mbean agus ón bhfear sa dán seo

Question 29

affection

Answer 29

cion

Question 30

they separated from each other at the end of the poem

Answer 30

Scar siad óna chéile ag deireadh an dáin

Question 31

The poet gives us a gloomy/depressing picture of the marriage in this poem

Answer 31

Tugann an file léiriú gruama dúinn ar an bpósach sa dán seo

Question 32

cad iad na príomh-mhothúcháin sa dán seo?

Answer 32

grá agus brón

Question 33

They man and woman in the poem were trying to find love

Answer 33

Bhí an fear agus an bhean ag iarriadh grá a aimsiú sa dán seo

Question 34

They were looking for different things in marriage

Answer 34

They were looking for different things in marriage

Question 35

Love meant family life, warm, traditional for the man

Answer 35

B’ionann an grá agus saol clainne, teolaí, traidisiúnta don fhear

Question 36

Love meant freedom, power, wealth and authority for the woman

Answer 36

B’ionann an grá agus saoirse, cumhacht, saibhreas agus údarás don bhean

Question 37

Love and marriage failed because they had not properly discussed their desires and values ​​before marriage and could not reach a compromise

Answer 37

Theip ar an ngrá agus ar an bpósadh mar ní raibh a mianta agus luachanna pléite i gceart acu roimh an bpósadh agus ní raibh siad ábalta teacht ar chomhréiteach

Question 38

To fail

Answer 38

theip sé

Question 39

compromise

Answer 39

comhréiteach

Question 40

solution

Answer 40

réiteach

Question 41

A warm, rustic/traditional life at home by the fire

Answer 41

Saol teolaí, tíriúil sa bhaile cois tine

Question 42

his wife to be at home raising the children

Answer 42

a bhean chéile a bheith sa bhaile ag tógáil na leanaí

Question 43

a traditional role in marriage

Answer 43

ról traidisiúnta sa phósadh

Question 44

love and pleasure

Answer 44

grá agus sult

Question 45

relief and affection

Answer 45

faoiseamh is cion

Question 46

husband, love and shelter

Answer 46

fear céile, grá agus foscadh

Question 47

half the authority

Answer 47

leath den údrás

Question 48

half of the property

Answer 48

leath den mhaoin

Question 49

holidays abroad

Answer 49

laethanta saoire thar lear

Question 50

material things and status in society

Answer 50

nithe ábhartha agus stádas sa tsochaí

Question 51

cad iad na teicníochtaí fileata sa dán

Answer 51

rím, codarsnacht, meadaracht, íomhánna agus meafair, friotal lom, simplí

Question 52

There is a sharp contrast between the wishes of the man in verse 1 and the wishes of the woman in verse 2

Answer 52

Tá codarsnacht ghéar idir mianta an fhir i véarsa a haon agus mianta na mná i véarsa a dó

Question 53

there is a contrast between the traditional outlook of the man and the broad-minded/new outlook of the woman

Answer 53

Tá codrasnacht idir an dearcadh traidisiúnta a bhí ag an bhfear agus an dearcadh nua-aimseartha a bhí ag an mbean ar an bpósadh

Question 54

the file uses warm, earthy images to describe the man’s desires and values

Answer 54

Úsáideann an file íomhánna teolaí, tíriúla chun cur síós s dhéanamh ar mhianta agus luachanna an fhir