Helping others & social issuesGetting started

Helping others is something that we should do every day. Discover different ways of describing helpful actions using a variety of tenses and core vocabulary.

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Getting started

Here is some core vocabulary to get you started.

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duine gan dídean
aonach cístí cake sale
bailiúchán collection
bochtaineacht poverty
carthanachta charity
duine gan dídean a homeless person
daoine gan dídeanthe homeless
déirc charity
dífhostaíocht unemployment
duine dífhostaithe unemployed person
easpa dídine homelessness
freagracht responsibility
gorta famine
obair dheonach voluntary work
rialtasgovernment
siúlóid urraithesponsored walk
tír fhorbartha developed country
tír i mbéal forbartha developing country
trócaire mercy
aonach cístí
cake sale
bailiúchán
collection
bochtaineacht
poverty
carthanacht
a charity
duine gan dídean
a homeless person
daoine gan dídean
the homeless
déirc
charity
dífhostaíocht
unemployment
duine dífhostaithe
unemployed person
easpa dídine
homelessness
freagracht
responsibility
gorta
famine
obair dheonach
voluntary work
rialtas
government
siúlóid urraithe
sponsored walk
tír fhorbartha
developed country
tír i mbéal forbartha
developing country
trócaire
mercy
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siúlóid urraithe

Core verbs and structures

caith to smoke
athraighto change
cuidigh to help
goid to steal
gortaigh to hurt, to injure
mill to destroy
deisigh to fix, repair
scrios to destroy
réitigh to resolve
tabhair to give
téigh i bhfeidhm ar to affect
ag feabhsú improving
le hobair dheonach a dhéanamh to do voluntary work
caith
to smoke
athraigh
to change
cuidigh
to help
goid
to steal
gortaigh
to hurt, to injure
mill
to destroy
deisigh
to fix, repair
scrios
to destroy
réitigh
to resolve
tabhair
to give
téigh i bhfeidhm ar
to affect
ag feabhsú
improving
le hobair dheonach a dhéanamh
to do voluntary work
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le hobair dheonach a dhéanamh
Iompar frithshóisialtaAnti-social behaviour
andúileach addict
creachadóireacht vandalism
gadaíocht theft
gadaí thief
iompar behaviour
ionsaí attack
millte spoilt, ruined
robáil robbery
tromaíochtbullying
Iompar frithshóisialta
Anti-social behaviour
andúileach
addict
creachadóireacht
vandalism
gadaíocht
theft
gadaí
thief
iompar
behaviour
ionsaí
attack
millte
spoilt, ruined
robáil
robbery
tromaíocht
bullying
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creachadóireacht