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**LC SPANISH 2014 All Levels Discussion**
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13-06-2014 10:56am#1
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¡Compartéis sus frases y opiniónes aquí!
Share your phrases and thoughts here! (provide a translation if typing en español)
Pretty relaxed myself, have a handle on the subjunctive and such and the oral being over is such a relief.
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I haven't looked at Spanish properly in a good while so I'm a bit worried about trying to get a grip on it again, aiming for an A2 so hopefully we get a nice paper :pac:
Idk why, but I have a feeling something about the environment, technology or bullying might come up in the opinion piece or as a theme for the journalistic text, don't ask me why though :pac:
Has anyone else done Sin Noticias De Gurb? I studied the novel but not really sure what standard of answers are expected for the English question so I think I might only do it if the other text is particularly nasty..
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I haven't looked at Spanish properly in a good while so I'm a bit worried about trying to get a grip on it again, aiming for an A2 so hopefully we get a nice paper :pac:
Idk why, but I have a feeling something about the environment, technology or bullying might come up in the opinion piece or as a theme for the journalistic text, don't ask me why though :pac:
Has anyone else done Sin Noticias De Gurb? I studied the novel but not really sure what standard of answers are expected for the English question so I think I might only do it if the other text is particularly nasty..
We didn't do the novel, but our teacher says every year she's corrected exams people who answer on the journalistic text do better than those who answer on the novel, so switching might not be a bad idea!0 -
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I'll try to throw in some corrections as you go along since it never hurts
Only two so far: translación, while a good guess :P, should be traducción (think of the verb, traducir)
Second thing: When you use ojalá you don't need que after it, which is quite odd I know considering that's one of the most basic requirements for a subjunctive...but it comes from Arabic and basically means "allah willing" (hence the alá bit, I think) so it's like "Allah willing, the exam will go well", no "that" involved!
(I dunno if that tidbit helps to understand it at all, I've just always found it interesting)
Also, while ojalá can translate to "hopefully", when you use it with the imperfect subjunctive it can also mean "I wish", so "ojalá pudiera..." means "I wish I could" and "ojalá estuvieras aquí" is how you say "I wish you were here". Basically the imperfect subjunctive can imply less possibility than the present one, so you can sort of see how that meaning comes about.
Buena suerte a todos 0 -
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anyone have any tips for the listening?? I know all my vocab pretty well and the old reliables like weather, I just find the listening section more difficult than the rest of the paper
also did anyone else do examcraft mock? cursing the person who corrected mine ridiculously easy, i mean 50/50 for an opinion piece with grammar mistakes
:/ now I feel like I'll be doing well to pull any grade remotely similar to the mocks
also if anyone has the deb mock handy I'd be very greatful
if ye don't have a scan digital copy of it don't bother though, I know it's a lot of work rooting for and scanning these things
Regards the allah thing, oh my god that's really weird :pac: ya definately learn something new everyday 0 -
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I almost failed my listening in the christmas test (40% bang on) I just went onto examinations.ie and practiced them loads and learned some vocab and it brought me up to 96% in the mock!!
When Im practicing I correct them off the marking scheme and for anything I missed or got wrong I went back to the tape again and listened out for it, replaying until I heard it.
Wow fair play!! Yeah, I've been doing the rest of the exam paper ones that we haven't done in class this week and gone through the hearsay cd afterwards picking out the vocab, I've improved somewhat but after tomorrow I've run out of papers 0 -
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A good test of whether or not something should be subjunctive is to check if it normally goes with an infinitive. You can see that with most of the above examples. Replacing the infinitive with que usually means the verb takes the subjunctive, e.g. Quiero bailar -> Quiero que bailes, same with necesitar. Me gusta nadar -> Me gusta que sepas lo que quieres hacer. (It's to do with changing subjects more than anything.)
I had a big explanation typed out for verbs like evitar que + subjuntivo but I don't know if it will be any use or just confuse everyone so I'll leave it for now. 0 -
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2thousand14 wrote: »Whats the best thing to look over now that its tomorrow? don't know what to do
Me neither.. Haven't a clue how to study languages
Think I'll do a listening exam, look over some opinion piece phrases and some grammar 0 -
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algunas frases útiles para el artículo de opinión:
Frases idiomáticas:
Un cero a la izquierda - Useless
Hecho polvo - Exhausted
Patas arriba - In a mess
Por lo pelos - 'by the skin of your teeth'
Vale la pena - Worth the effort
Dar por sentado - To take something for granted
Examinemos la situación/Veamos cuales son las problemas
Hay un sinfín de...
No hay que buscar lejos para encontrar ejemplos de esto
Lamento decir
Ojalá fuera así
Ojalá las cosas cambien
Ojalá la situación mejore
Al fin y al cabo
Todo el mundo dice que..
Teniendo en cuenta todos los puntos de vista, no hay otra conclusión que valga
El Medio Ambiente:
La copa de ozone (el agujero en la..)
La energía hidráulica/renovable/no renovable/eólica/solar
El efecto invernadero
El calentamiento planetario
Perder
Explotar
Agredir
Respetar
'La tierra no es una herencia de nuestros padres sino un préstamo de nuestros hijos'
La tecnología
La era multimedia
La libertad de expresión
Foros
La red
El medio de comunicar
El correo electrónico
La contraseña
Descargar
Grabar
Colgar
Navegar por la red
Hope that helps someone 0 -
algunas frases útiles para el artículo de opinión:
Frases idiomáticas:
Un cero a la izquierda - Useless
Hecho polvo - Exhausted
Patas arriba - In a mess
Por lo pelos - 'by the skin of your teeth'
Vale la pena - Worth the effort
Dar por sentado - To take something for granted
Examinemos la situación/Veamos cuales son las problemas
Hay un sinfín de...
No hay que buscar lejos para encontrar ejemplos de esto
Lamento decir
Ojalá fuera así
Ojalá las cosas cambien
Ojalá la situación mejore
Al fin y al cabo
Todo el mundo dice que..
Teniendo en cuenta todos los puntos de vista, no hay otra conclusión que valga
El Medio Ambiente:
La copa de ozone (el agujero en la..)
La energía hidráulica/renovable/no renovable/eólica/solar
El efecto invernadero
El calentamiento planetario
Perder
Explotar
Agredir
Respetar
'La tierra no es una herencia de nuestros padres sino un préstamo de nuestros hijos'
La tecnología
La era multimedia
La libertad de expresión
Foros
La red
El medio de comunicar
El correo electrónico
La contraseña
Descargar
Grabar
Colgar
Navegar por la red
Hope that helps someone
thanks sooooo much, in case anyone wants it i transferred a few of them onto this website i find really good for learning vocab
http://www.memrise.com/course/337994/leaving-cert-essay-vocab/0 -
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