Junior Cert 2011: Irish Paper 1

cantanstrophe

Thursday 9th June 2011
Morning 9:30 - 11:30

All discussion and questions about Irish Paper 1 goes here!

Good luck everyone!

ohdechertig

Is cuimhin liom an la sin go soleir. Bhuail se an carr I gcoinne mise

TheRedDevil10

what ??

i am ****ed, dont no why i am doing higher level

cantanstrophe

ohdechertig wrote: »

Is cuimhin liom an la sin go soleir. Bhuail se an carr I gcoinne mise

Er... tá?

I am right and properly ****ed.

ohdechertig

If there's no timpiste essay, I'm dead.

rorrissey

In fairness, there's always a way to fit in a timpiste! I think I might write my own story instead of using timpiste's so I can look al unique and special. :P

cantanstrophe

rorrissey wrote: »

In fairness, there's always a way to fit in a timpiste! I think I might write my own story instead of using timpiste's so I can look al unique and special. :P

Our teacher never gave us a timpiste one! Shocking!

... can I borrow someone else's?

TheRedDevil10

Is the essay the only thing ya need to study for P1

cantanstrophe

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

Is the essay the only thing ya need to study for P1

Is the letter on P1 or P2? I can't remember.

Desire.

cantanstrophe wrote: »

Is the letter on P1 or P2? I can't remember.

Paper two.

Slow Show

You could study grammar in fairness...Ugh I'm far too tired to study tonight tbh, I had high hopes of doing a story that's not a timpiste but I can't be bothered learning something at this stage, and there's no way I could make it up in the exam. As for paper 2...ughhhhh, I'll try do a bit during the three-hour break tomorrow but I don't have high hopes.

icanplaydrums

When you realise you can't even remember how to say I got hit by a car as Gaéilge, you're proper screwed

TheRedDevil10

thit me an carr

Slow Show

icanplaydrums wrote: »

When you realise you can't even remember how to say I got hit by a car as Gaéilge, you're proper screwed

I don't know either :L I always say 'Go tobann, chonaic mé carr díreach os mo comhair. Scíorr sé é ach bhí se ro-dhéanach. Tar éis cupla soicind, bhí me ar mo dhroim ar thaobh an bothair.

So many grammatical mistakes there, ugh Irish.

YMAT64EVA

ohdechertig wrote: »

If there's no timpiste essay, I'm dead.

there is ALWAYS a way to do a timpiste :rolleyes:

YMAT64EVA

cantanstrophe wrote: »

Is the letter on P1 or P2? I can't remember.

paper 2

rorrissey

icanplaydrums wrote: »

When you realise you can't even remember how to say I got hit by a car as Gaéilge, you're proper screwed

Bhuail an cárr i mo choinne agus thit mé tóin tharr ceann go lár an mbothar. :cool:

Legion.

They have to do a timpiste, just in case I might learn one about the house I win in a raffle


Got a B in Irish in my mocks so hoping to get an A depending on the listening. I have shocking Irish though.

OsamaObama321

Make it a timpiste yu could be out shopping in Liffey Valley in HMV and suddenly a car hits you.....

scipsss

i got a b in the mocks but i think the examiner marked it to easily so i duno whatto think yeah listening is where i could do bad unfortunately. im learning 4 essays and if none of them come up im ****ed the leamhthuiscints last year were so easy im so jealous and if the modh conniolach comes up in the grammer i think were all screwed:D

cantanstrophe

Legion. wrote: »

They have to do a timpiste, just in case I might learn one about the house I win in a raffle

Some raffle you've got there! How much did the tickets cost?

OsamaObama321 wrote: »

Make it a timpiste yu could be out shopping in Liffey Valley in HMV and suddenly a car hits you.....

This seems like a normal situation. Happened to me once or twice. Leaves a few scratches, but no bother.

shadowninty

Is cuimhin lion an lá go maith.
Bhaineadh geit uafasach ach d'fhoghlaim mé ceacht luachmhar

Desire.

Somethings going on fire in my essay anyway... :pac:

If the conditional tense comes up, I will just laugh, because half the country doesn't even do it, never mind know it. Momentary laugh though, because I don't know it either.

cantanstrophe

No matter what comes up, Carl and I are going to get lost in the woods.

Desire. wrote: »

If the conditional tense comes up, I will just laugh, because half the country doesn't even do it, never mind know it. Momentary laugh though, because I don't know it either.

That's... that's the modh choinníolach, right? Cos I don't know that either :pac:

shadowninty

Chuaigh mé ag dóiteán

Desire.

cantanstrophe wrote: »

That's... that's the modh choinníolach, right? Cos I don't know that either :pac:

Yeah, my attempt at spelling it was rather pathetic, so I didn't want to embarrass myself. :rolleyes:

cantanstrophe

Desire. wrote: »

Yeah, my attempt at spelling it was rather pathetic, so I didn't want to embarrass myself. :rolleyes:

That's pretty much all I know about it. And that's probably still wrong

Cakes.

I keep scaring everyone in my class by posting stuff in irish on facebook and saying that the mosh choinníollach is coming up and it is going to be some random theme for poetry :pac:

Everyone is getting annoyed, it's HI-Larious :pac:

cantanstrophe

Cakesofrice wrote: »

I keep scaring everyone in my class by posting stuff in irish on facebook and saying that the mosh choinníollach is coming up and it is going to be some random theme for poetry :pac:

Everyone is getting annoyed, it's HI-Larious :pac:

I can hear it in my head now, the entire JC-sitting population going "****!" at the same time as they turn the page to see that the theme for poetry is childhood or something.

Swear to god, dignity had better come up. Or cruelty. Those two, I'm grand for.

Cakes.

I don't really mind what comes up, I know my Irish poems better than I did my English :pac:

shadowninty

YMAT64EVA wrote: »

there is ALWAYS a way to do a timpiste :rolleyes:

ALWAYS
You shoukda seen my Pre Essay. LOL

Desire.

cantanstrophe wrote: »

I can hear it in my head now, the entire JC-sitting population going "****!" at the same time as they turn the page to see that the theme for poetry is childhood or something.

Subh Milis FTW! :pac:

Slow Show

Oh God, haven't studied for Irish at all. Like literally, at all. If there's some horrible disgusting scéal choice that doesn't allow a timpiste I'm completely screwed, if the litir doesn't involve holidays or the Gaeltacht I'm screwed, if I can't talk about an t-Ozon for poetry I'm screwed and as for my úrscéal...well...

Ah well, at least I can take it easier than today.

shadowninty

Slow Show wrote: »

Oh God, haven't studied for Irish at all. Like literally, at all. If there's some horrible disgusting scéal choice that doesn't allow a timpiste I'm completely screwed, if the litir doesn't involve holidays or the Gaeltacht I'm screwed, if I can't talk about an t-Ozon for poetry I'm screwed and as for my úrscéal...well...

Ah well, at least I can take it easier than today.

Are you me? LOL
I didn't have the heart to study, exact same situation as you

Exoskeleton

Irish was fairly handy! I aced the story, did the one about Hallowe'en although the only worry about that essay is that I didn't mention Oiche Samhna once.. although I did say about ghosts and decorations..
I got most of the listening, all of the comprehension questions (probably should have written more though) and all of the grammar/present tense stuff (not necessarily right though)
Bring on Paper 2!

ohdechertig

I'm pleased. I learned off a Cóisir essay, so that fit perfectly to the Oíche Shamna title. I'm happy with my present tense, but not too happy with that thing on the golfers. The reading comprehensions were good, too!

ScummyMan

Tape: Alright, some tough bits but managable enough

Comprehensions: Handy, much easier than some years

Grammer: WTF? :O Awful is not the word...

Essay: Had a timpiste learned off, so happy days!


Overall i think i did well, grammer was a joke but apart from that im delighted

Desire.

Savage paper!

Listening was grand. I had new blanks and I only guessed one or two.

Comprehensions were grand. I knew most of the answers but I wasn't able to put them in my own words.

Grammar was alright I think. Verbs for good and I can't tell how the second part went.

Essay was class! The Oíche Shamhna one was perfect for me. House went on fire! :pac:

Overall, good paper, I'm happy. Definitely on track for a B.

Though we were all happy with paper one in English yesterday too before paper two, so we'll have to hope it's not too hard...

I even left twenty-five minutes early. :pac:

cantanstrophe

I hate Irish anyway, so I thought the whole paper was a joke :pac:

But the comprehensions were fair enough, as were the essay titles.

TheRedDevil10

i was the last to leave today

DarkEagleEye

Me too! Last to leave again,same as English. I'm studing hard at home during the break lol I need to learn a studied poem answer off by heart. Gonna be hard!:rolleyes:

Indiego

That paper was a beut :L
The listening was hard though, because it echoed in our hall, but we got to hear the first two and 2nd last one two extra times because they were impossible to decipher ^^
The comprehension were amazing :O I understood like every word, somehow :L
The verbs were ok-ish, that 'ba' one threw me a bit, but the other ones were ok, i just hope they accept clois muid :L
The grammer was surprisingly ok :L i have a knack for those ones where you pick a b c or d, i just pick the one that sounds right and it seems to work out ok :L
I did the essay on music, which stunned me when it came up :O we had that one in our mock ( did no prep for that one, wasnt bothered, so i could only come up with barely a page of bad irish :L), and ive written that essay about 7 times, so i knew exactly what to say :L got a good page and a half and threw in a few good phrases :L
pretty happy considering i was almost in tears going in XD

Osmosis Jones

it was all fairly easy apart from the present tense grammar(i had my heart set on past tense) but now its the big challenge.i need to learn off a summary for Subh Milis and An T-Adh for paper 2

cantanstrophe

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

it was all fairly easy apart from the present tense grammar(i had my heart set on past tense) but now its the big challenge.i need to learn off a summary for Subh Milis and An T-Adh for paper 2

I really should get some notes for An tÁdh. I know half of Fear Lasta Lampaí, anyway, so that's good.

Lucan Bohs

Really happy with that

Listening was grand

Comprehensions were grand aswell

Verbs and grammar were tough

My timpiste essay sorta fit into the Halloween one ;)

scipsss

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

it was all fairly easy apart from the present tense grammar(i had my heart set on past tense) but now its the big challenge.i need to learn off a summary for Subh Milis and An T-Adh for paper 2

sure aimsir chaite came up last year LOL

TheRedDevil10

U dont need long answers for the comprehension questions, each question olny like 2 marks each which is less than 1%

Indiego

does it matter if you dont put the comprehension answers in your own words? like if you just change the person (from me to se/si) and add a few words from the question?

Desire.

Indiego wrote: »

does it matter if you dont put the comprehension answers in your own words? like if you just change the person (from me to se/si) and add a few words from the question?

Hopefully. I knew the answers for a lot of the questions and I wasn't capable of changing them around and putting them in my own words.

Indiego

Desire. wrote: »

Hopefully. I knew the answers for a lot of the questions and I wasn't capable of changing them around and putting them in my own words.

Same :O except for the last question on the penguin thing, i went a bit overboard on that answer and wrote like 6 or 7 lines :L

Desire.

Indiego wrote: »

Same :O except for the last question on the penguin thing, i went a bit overboard on that answer and wrote like 6 or 7 lines :L

Haha, what did you say?

I said that he wasn't happy because they broke in and that was a crime (coir?), and that the penguin was scared.

Well, I think that's what I said. I don't know if the words actually meant scared or crime. :pac: