honours irish aiste

ariiella

does anyone have anything on the distribution of wealth in ireland?

Rozabeez

Emmm.... tá daoine ann gan dídean ar fud na tíre >.<

tolosenc

Talk about the rich/poor divide in simple terms, then say it's much worse on a global scale, then bochtanas.

ariiella

what other topics are u all doing?

Your Man

tir gan teanga tir gan anam agus rudai cosuil le sin
fíoreigean
slad ar na boithre
an coras oideachas
an timpeallacht
sin é

Rozabeez

Yeah we did all of the above plus politics, travel and the media.

Corruptedmorals

I'll learn off Fadbhanna inár sochaí, an Gaeilge, Slad ar na mbóithre, an timpeallacht agus téamh domhanda, na meain cumarsáide and politics...

lilmizzme

I wouldn't recommend learning essays off..examiners will smell them a mile off...

Corruptedmorals

Not exactly learning, more like, nice openings, phrases and a set sequence of stuff to talk about in the paragraphs.

Rozabeez

Just learn good phrases and how to discuss them, but use your own opinions too!

btw, ^ CorruptedMorals, wait'll you see my shoes..

Haven't a Clue

I'm learning an coras leighis, basanna ar na mboithre, an coras oideachas and something else. I reckon at least one of those four're bound to come up, I especially fancy road deaths.

KarmaCreep

I'm guessing your all in English speaking schools. I'm in an all Irish school and although we have covered the above topics in essays for homework my class hasn't exactly learned off material in advance of the exam. Paper 1 for me to be honest is a bit of a joke, excuse the arrogance.:cool:

genericgoon

Does everyone do aistes? Cause tbh I prefer a good sceal. Easier to understand anyways!

Rozabeez

KarmaCreep wrote:

I'm guessing your all in English speaking schools. I'm in an all Irish school and although we have covered the above topics in essays for homework my class hasn't exactly learned off material in advance of the exam. Paper 1 for me to be honest is a bit of a joke, excuse the arrogance.:cool:

That's not arrogance, if I'd continued my education as Gaeilge I'm sure I'd say the same.

KarmaCreep

genericgoon wrote:

Does everyone do aistes? Cause tbh I prefer a good sceal. Easier to understand anyways!

They can be a lot harder to pull off. I find it easier to write opinionated essays on social problems etc. but it depends on the person. Just make sure you have a wide vocab and don't write the same old drivel as everyone else and for the love of god don't end the sceal with, 'ansin dhuisigh me on mbriongloid'.

Haven't a Clue

genericgoon wrote:

Does everyone do aistes? Cause tbh I prefer a good sceal. Easier to understand anyways!

Nah. There's only so many sceals you can start of with 'lá brea samhraidh a bhí ann..."

JC 2K3

KarmaCreep wrote:

I'm guessing your all in English speaking schools. I'm in an all Irish school and although we have covered the above topics in essays for homework my class hasn't exactly learned off material in advance of the exam. Paper 1 for me to be honest is a bit of a joke, excuse the arrogance.:cool:

QFT.

I like writing stories. I managed to make up a nice one for my mocks, and if I get a decent title I will in the real thing, however, I'll jump on an aiste if I've done it before.

Selphie

Corruptedmorals wrote:

I'll learn off Fadbhanna inár sochaí, an Gaeilge, Slad ar na mbóithre, an timpeallacht agus téamh domhanda, na meain cumarsáide and politics...

Omg. We've done absolutely nothing of the sort. We've done three or four essays. Two sceál type ones that I think are pretty substandard - "Chuaigh Máire go Sasana. Níor thaitin Sasana léi. Bhí brón uirthi. Shocraigh sí dul ar ais go hÉireann," and the like. We also did one on students from other countries, and fadhb an bhoctanais, which was a good one.
I went up to my teacher a few weeks ago and told her that I want to do well in the exam, to increase my chance of getting an A or a high B, so she's giving me separate homework. I have to write an essay from one of the papers, and I chose to do "Bagairt and baol sa lá atá inniú ann." I wanted to focus on road deaths, dangers on the internet, drugai, ól etc..... Can anyone suggest any words/phrases/points I could use?? Je suis totally clueless here, and my Irish seems just a little too basic.
All help much appreciated!!

ZorbaTehZ

Stick down a few sentences in english and I (and I'm sure some others) can translate them if you like.

Selphie

I guess I should have started a thread of my own for my question. Sorry Ariiella.

How do you say: this has a negative effect on all areas of life - social, economical and personal. (Or words to that effect.)

ZorbaTehZ

Tá tionchar diúltach aige seo ar gach gnéith den saol - go soisialta, go pearsanta agus ó thaobh airgid dhé.

Thread is pretty much over, so I don't see why we can't continue to use it for this purpose.

EDIT: Grammar.

Selphie

ZorbaTehZ wrote:

Tá tionchar diúltach aige seo ar gach gnéith den saol - go soisialta, go pearsanta agus ó thaobh airgid dhé.

Thread is pretty much over, so I don't see why we can't continue to use it for this purpose.

Great so. I shall take advantage of your kind nature and beseech you for help when my dictionary fails me
Thanks!

alcopopgurl

if u listen 2 the chief irish examiner he says DO NOT MAKE ANYTHING NEW UP ON THE DAY adapt what u know - so by all means learn off full essay!!!:)