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Irish (Leaving Cert 2012)

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  • #122
    ChemHickey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ChemHickey


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    ChemHickey wrote: »
    And do you know if there is going to be the headings for certain? what headings are they?
    What do you mean? As in "what kind of story is this" or something like that?

    Oh I'm sorry! =S I forgot to mention regarding poetry!


  • #123
    Canard
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,572 Mod ✭✭✭✭Canard


    Oh, I dont know - the sample paper had them and the others by Edco didnt but I'd trust the sample. I hope so anyway, makes it 10 times easier!


  • #124
    stapler10
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭stapler10


    lads in my mock i coppied it straight out of the text and got deducted 3 marks on each comprehension so at worst you will only loose a percent of your entire grade from just coppying it out of the text, so its not the end of the world...anyways most likely they will probally allow you to ''copy and paste''


  • #125
    Arie.c
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Arie.c


    Please help!! :/ my teacher has given us virtually NO notes for the book. She said we only have to do up to Chapter 8 with the new syllabus, but has given us no help. :/ I have no idea what are the main points to focus in on in each chapter. If any one could please please please give me some notes on chapters 2-8 (1 is grand) that would be amazing!!! email me: <snip>
    THANKS & GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.:D

    Mod note - do not post email addresses


  • #126
    haro124
    Closed Accounts Posts: 684 ✭✭✭haro124


    Arie.c wrote: »
    Please help!! :/ my teacher has given us virtually NO notes for the book. She said we only have to do up to Chapter 8 with the new syllabus, but has given us no help. :/ I have no idea what are the main points to focus in on in each chapter. If any one could please please please give me some notes on chapters 2-8 (1 is grand) that would be amazing!!! email me: <snip>
    THANKS & GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.:D
    Are you actually talking about iris
    h ?


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  • #127
    Cruel Sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Cruel Sun


    I need to get a pass in ordinary Irish. I literally have done know Irish study all year and my mind tends to wander in that class, often the class is spent by the teacher talking about stuff unrelated to Irish. It's my worst subject, just never liked it. I got 51% in the mocks but that was just paper 1 and 2, so that would have been 30.5% out of the 40% I need. My Oral went terribly and I'm not sure how they mark it but everything went wrong and I'd say at most I got 10% out of 40%. So I suppose I need about 60-70% at least in Paper 1/Paper 2 to be safe. I'm just wondering do they mark it hard? Should I be studying Irish. I want to study other HL subjects that I can get high B's and A's in. Do you think it would be grand if I just left Irish until weekend before and crammed?


  • #128
    Arie.c
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Arie.c


    Martin_94 wrote: »
    I need to get a pass in ordinary Irish. I literally have done know Irish study all year and my mind tends to wander in that class, often the class is spent by the teacher talking about stuff unrelated to Irish. It's my worst subject, just never liked it. I got 51% in the mocks but that was just paper 1 and 2, so that would have been 30.5% out of the 40% I need. My Oral went terribly and I'm not sure how they mark it but everything went wrong and I'd say at most I got 10% out of 40%. So I suppose I need about 60-70% at least in Paper 1/Paper 2 to be safe. I'm just wondering do they mark it hard? Should I be studying Irish. I want to study other HL subjects that I can get high B's and A's in. Do you think it would be grand if I just left Irish until weekend before and crammed?
    The mark you as you speak and for a few mins after you leave the exam room. But they try really hard to pass you. You may think it went terribly but they will know your standard and if they're a fair corrector will mark you on your standard of irish. Its all about if ye were able to communicate. Dont worry! They're really nice and fair :)


  • #129
    Arie.c
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Arie.c


    haro124 wrote: »
    Are you actually talking about iris
    h ?
    Yes I am talking about Irish? why would you think I wasn't ?? :/


  • #130
    ChemHickey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ChemHickey


    Arie.c wrote: »
    haro124 wrote: »
    Are you actually talking about iris
    h ?
    Yes I am talking about Irish? why would you think I wasn't ?? :/


    To clarify, I think she's talking of 'A thig na tit orm'


  • #131
    xclw
    Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭xclw


    learning essays on:

    timpeallact
    na meain chumarsáide
    oideachas
    daoine óga (drúgaí and all that crap)
    creidimh
    polaiteoirí
    spórt - ní spórt é a thuilleadh
    stád na gaeilge

    if one of them doesn't suit i'll eat my paper. .

    the thing with olympics is it's too predictable - it will feature on the paper somewhere but it could be in a comprehension, or they could have one of the boxers on the tape or do something like drugs in sport.

    Oisín is the most likely for the prós they used to love asking bealoidis in An cearrbhach!


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  • #132
    Fergus_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Fergus_


    Anyone else bricking it for HL Irish?

    There's just so much to do :(, like Prós and Fíliocht is only 5% each and I think An Trial is like 8%, not really worth a lot for the amount of work required.


  • #133
    clairey__Ox
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭clairey__Ox


    Hey so I have essays on

    Recession/poverty/emmigration
    Roads deaths
    Irish language
    Sport
    Environment
    Daoine Oga-ol,drugai


    Is this enough? Should I have one on education/religion?


  • #134
    Fergus_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Fergus_


    I have almost the same list as you.

    I would learn debate format as well so if one of those topics came up under the debate heading, at least you'll have it prepared!


  • #135
    clairey__Ox
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭clairey__Ox


    Fergus_ wrote: »
    I have almost the same list as you.

    I would learn debate format as well so if one of those topics came up under the debate heading, at least you'll have it prepared!

    Yep I've my openings and endings learned! I'm hoping this is enough, if I cant twist them soemway I'm fecked! I'm starrting to think maybe Olympics might be a bit obvious, same with recession!


  • #136
    abbevilleson
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭abbevilleson


    So ... Just 2 make sure... It's a consensus... You do NOT hav to put it in ur own words for the the comprehensions... Seems kinda strange???


  • #137
    jmclee
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭jmclee


    Hi I've a question if yous don't mind, I'm really unclear with the basics of grammar because my teacher presumed we knew it and worried I won't understand what grammar they're looking for in leamhthuiscint piece! Could somebody please tell me how id identify-
    Ainmfhocal (female and male)
    Aidhiactai (f + m)
    Think I'm okay with tuiseal gindideach however it's spelt although MALE AND FEMALE how would ye spot difference

    What other grammar could be asked?
    And how do you all study for the leamhthuiscint? Haven't really done many practice ones myself

    Oh one more thing actually do we need to have background to a poet? Like know a bit about them? All I'd know is their name if even!


  • #138
    bearhugs
    Registered Users Posts: 269 ✭✭bearhugs


    Well at this stage the easiest way for you to spot a male/ female ainmfhocal is if there is 'an' before the noun and it starts on a consonant, the feminine will have a h and the masculine won't. Now, obviously sometimes a noun can't take a h, if it starts on an r for example. That would be your best bet! A masculine adjective wil not have a h and a feminine will. It's a little simplistic but stick with it at this stage and dont worry!


  • #139
    ChemHickey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ChemHickey


    bearhugs wrote: »
    Well at this stage the easiest way for you to spot a male/ female ainmfhocal is if there is 'an' before the noun and it starts on a consonant, the feminine will have a h and the masculine won't. Now, obviously sometimes a noun can't take a h, if it starts on an r for example. That would be your best bet! A masculine adjective wil not have a h and a feminine will. It's a little simplistic but stick with it at this stage and dont worry!

    An t-Ainmfhocal
    To add to this, if it isbegins with a vowel and there is a t before it, its masculine eg. an t-éan
    if there isn;t a t before, it is feminine, an ithir.

    If it begins with s and there is n t before it, it is masculine, an sagart
    if there is an s before it, its feminine, an tsráid.

    Also, here are some other little rles

    Masculine
    *often when it ends in a broad consonant. eg, an fear
    *when it end in án
    *if it ends in ín
    *if it ends in eoir/úir/óir and is related to a profession ( an múinteoir etc)
    *if it ends in eact/acht and is onlyone syllable
    *ending on a vowel

    Feminine
    *when it ends on a thin vowel an fhuil
    *when it ends in óg
    *when it ends in eacht/acht and is more than 1 syllable
    *if it ends in lann

    ^There are probably more but I'm only going by memory.


  • #140
    BrianOSuilleabh
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭BrianOSuilleabh


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    I'm only preparing:
    Irish language
    Sport/Olympics
    Ireland's need/lack of need for a president
    Poverty

    ...Am I ****ed? :eek: I managed to get 96/100 using poverty in the mock like, and most years I've been able to fit my titles in somewhere but at the same time a broad amount of essays would be much more useful :(

    Id say that stuff about president wont come up cos it came up last year! Timpeallacht hasnt came since 2007 http://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/smile.gif


  • #141
    ChemHickey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ChemHickey


    BrianOSuilleabh wrote: »
    Id say that stuff about president wont come up cos it came up last year! Timpeallacht hasnt came since 2007 http://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/smile.gif

    Timpeallacht would be great!
    Poverty hasnt come u p since 2007 either


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  • #142
    LanaMay94
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭LanaMay94


    Can anyone give me any advice on how to answer q6 on the comprehension, the one with genres and all that? We never did it, and I thought you could just say any genre but people in my year think theres only 3, iris, tuarisc and plé. Any help at all would be really appreciated, my teacher is shocking and my comprehensions really brought me down in the pre.


  • #143
    jmclee
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭jmclee


    ChemHickey wrote: »
    bearhugs wrote: »
    Well at this stage the easiest way for you to spot a male/ female ainmfhocal is if there is 'an' before the noun and it starts on a consonant, the feminine will have a h and the masculine won't. Now, obviously sometimes a noun can't take a h, if it starts on an r for example. That would be your best bet! A masculine adjective wil not have a h and a feminine will. It's a little simplistic but stick with it at this stage and dont worry!

    An t-Ainmfhocal
    To add to this, if it isbegins with a vowel and there is a t before it, its masculine eg. an t-éan
    if there isn;t a t before, it is feminine, an ithir.

    If it begins with s and there is n t before it, it is masculine, an sagart
    if there is an s before it, its feminine, an tsráid.

    Also, here are some other little rles

    Masculine
    *often when it ends in a broad consonant. eg, an fear
    *when it end in án
    *if it ends in ín
    *if it ends in eoir/úir/óir and is related to a profession ( an múinteoir etc)
    *if it ends in eact/acht and is onlyone syllable
    *ending on a vowel

    Feminine
    *when it ends on a thin vowel an fhuil
    *when it ends in óg
    *when it ends in eacht/acht and is more than 1 syllable
    *if it ends in lann

    ^There are probably more but I'm only going by memory.

    thank you so much, you too bearhugs
    Hopefully they're not overly complicated ones they ask for


  • #144
    biddy boop
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭biddy boop


    Hi guys,
    I don't want to come across as lazy or chancing my arm but...

    Does anyone have any sample essays for honours Irish?

    Even adaptable general opening and concluding paragraphs?

    I'm repeating the leaving, it's been 10 years since I've been in school. I'm not attending any classes or have i received any grinds, I'm getting no help what so ever, so I'm desperate for any help u could offer, I'd be SO APPRECIATETIVE

    My accuracy and grammar and Irish in general is really bad. At this stage I'm relying on learning everything off by heart, it's very hard

    Please help...

    Hope u've gotten on ok with English and the rest so far. The advice to forget about what's done &focus on the upcoming exams is good


  • #145
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    biddy boop, please stop dragging up old Irish threads for that post, I will leave it in this thread but it doesn't need to be posted over multiple threads.


  • #146
    Coeurdepirate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭Coeurdepirate


    Do ye think would an essay on Recession/emigration/poverty, global warming, the irish language and olympics/sport cover me for honours paper 1?


  • #147
    imelle
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭imelle


    i'm learning 6 essays. do you think i'll be covered with them?
    -Mean Cumarsáide
    -timpeallacht
    -tíogar Ceiltigh/Polaiteorí (kinda half covers both)
    -Fadhbanna idirnaisiúnta
    -oideachas/daoine óga/drúgaí (all mixed up together)
    -Spórt & Sláinte

    hope to god it's enough. i have another one on Irish as a compulsory subject and religion but really don't have time to learn them..


  • #148
    CaoimheCweeva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭CaoimheCweeva


    So the Irish aural has been compromised, eh?


  • #149
    bdoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 574 ✭✭✭bdoo


    CaoimheCweeva wrote: »
    So the Irish aural has been compromised, eh?

    I wouldn't be worried about it. The new papers will be there for you on Monday afternoon. Makes no difference to the exam.


  • #150
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Full story HERE

    As bdoo says, it won't make any difference really. :)


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  • #151
    gaeilgebeo
    Registered Users Posts: 909 ✭✭✭gaeilgebeo


    biddy boop wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I don't want to come across as lazy or chancing my arm but...

    Does anyone have any sample essays for honours Irish?

    Even adaptable general opening and concluding paragraphs?

    I'm repeating the leaving, it's been 10 years since I've been in school. I'm not attending any classes or have i received any grinds, I'm getting no help what so ever, so I'm desperate for any help u could offer, I'd be SO APPRECIATETIVE

    My accuracy and grammar and Irish in general is really bad. At this stage I'm relying on learning everything off by heart, it's very hard

    Please help...

    Hope u've gotten on ok with English and the rest so far. The advice to forget about what's done &focus on the upcoming exams is good

    Biddy Boop,
    Are you repeating this year :eek: or 2013?


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