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Ordinary irish.. Bad form

  • 10-06-2012 8:44pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭


    Am i the only one gna fail ordinary irish !?

    I have to memorize like 10 essays now for tomora and memorize the poems and pros for tuesday!! Hate Irish!

    Help needed here ! What essays should i learn and what should i do for pros and porms??


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


    I too am very nervous I'm gonna fail Irish. I have to learn the poems and pros also. Do we have to learn stories for tomorrow?


  • Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭boom boom boom


    Why learn essays? Learn verbs so u can make your own up.


  • Registered Users Posts: 408 ✭✭certifiedcrepe


    Phrases are also very handy! "Anois no riamh" which means now or never usually works for everything. I was always disastrous at Irish but I tried my best to like it and it helped.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭Zomg Okay


    We have to learn essays? >.>


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


    Bit late for learning verbs now! The exam starts in less then 18 hours.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭The High Crusade


    Am I the only one who hasn't studied and is just gonna go for it? Be graaand.


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


    Am I the only one who hasn't studied and is just gonna go for it? Be graaand.

    No, me, my entire class and our teacher have the same attitude. :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭Zomg Okay


    Am I the only one who hasn't studied and is just gonna go for it? Be graaand.

    No amount of study would help me, honestly. I'm just going to learn off some phrases for the story and letter, re-read the pros and poetry a few times and go with that.


  • Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Killian In The Name Of


    Can't wait for the Scéal! No matter what the plot/opening title, I'm going to end up either in the hospital or at a Snow Patrol concert.

    Gonna wing the Litir though, with a few handy phrases up my sleeve. 'I'm on the pig's back', 'Now or never', 'thanks be to God', 'I couldn't believe my eyes', etc. etc.

    Colscaradh and Mo Ghrása better come up on Tuesday!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭Zomg Okay


    Can't wait for the Scéal! No matter what the plot/opening title, I'm going to end up either in the hospital or at a Snow Patrol concert.

    :pac:

    We did a sample paper in class ages ago. The title was something about the car breaking down. Didn't know what to write so I had my characters abandon the car in the middle of the road and walked the rest of the way to a U2 concert. :cool:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Geographyhater


    Can't wait for the Scéal! No matter what the plot/opening title, I'm going to end up either in the hospital or at a Snow Patrol concert.

    Gonna wing the Litir though, with a few handy phrases up my sleeve. 'I'm on the pig's back', 'Now or never', 'thanks be to God', 'I couldn't believe my eyes', etc. etc.

    Colscaradh and Mo Ghrása better come up on Tuesday!
    Every sentence of mine will be 'with the blink of an eye'


  • Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Killian In The Name Of


    Zomg Okay wrote: »
    :pac:

    We did a sample paper in class ages ago. The title was something about the car breaking down. Didn't know what to write so I had my characters abandoned the car in the middle of the road and walked the rest of the way to a U2 concert. :cool:

    I wonder will the examiners find it suspicious that so many OL Irish students have gone to U2/Snow Patrol with their friend Liam/Aine?


  • Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Geographyhater


    Zomg Okay wrote: »
    We have to learn essays? >.>
    Wait .. You didnt know it was a memory exam?


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


    My vocab does not get any more advanced then "Chuaigh", if the story doesn't involve going somewhere I'm fuked.


  • Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭Joey.


    Am I the only one who hasn't studied and is just gonna go for it? Be graaand.

    I'm just gonna wing it, haven't looked at a word of Irish in two weeks though :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭Zomg Okay


    Wait .. You didnt know it was a memory exam?

    I know we have to listen to a CD and write a short story and a letter tomorrow. Nobody ever said anything about learning off essays.


  • Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭Astrozombies


    Lads would yous not just do the Giota Leanúnach? They always have pure decent ones (in the samples anyway)
    - my favorite band
    - my favorite place in ireland
    - saturday evening is my favorite evening etc
    Our teacher makes us do them because she says the sceál is often too specific, at least with the giota you get a bit of leeway, they just give you a vague topic and all you've to write is 3/4 of a page to 1 page!


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


    Lads would yous not just do the Giota Leanúnach? They always have pure decent ones (in the samples anyway)
    - my favorite band
    - my favorite place in ireland
    - saturday evening is my favorite evening etc
    Our teacher makes us do them because she says the sceál is often too specific, at least with the giota you get a bit of leeway, they just give you a vague topic and all you've to write is 3/4 of a page to 1 page!

    Could we do the Letter, story and the Giota?


  • Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Killian In The Name Of


    Martin_94 wrote: »
    Could we do the Letter, story and the Giota?

    We can only do two I think.


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


    We can only do two I think.

    But If I do 3 won't they just mark me on the best 2. They'd hardly deduct marks?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 843 ✭✭✭Whatsernamex33


    They mark the best 2 (:

    I reckon that since this is the first year of the new course, it'll be pretty straightforward (: Well I'm hoping :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Geographyhater


    They mark the best 2 (:

    I reckon that since this is the first year of the new course, it'll be pretty straightforward (: Well I'm hoping :D
    There better be sport on the giota


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭WilhelmFink


    It doesn't matter how bad a scéal was before, once you use this one phrase you're guaranteed A's. That phrase is.....




    "GO TOBANN!"




    Now go forth, & only use this knowledge for good of mankind.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭amyleaving


    I just did a famous person/ person you admire same thing , a place i love , it was in the samples a few times and then sport , should be sorted for the giota! good lukc everyone but you don't need it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 661 ✭✭✭Mayo_Boy


    I'll be winging it tomorrow. What is Giota Leanúnach?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭WarZoneBrother


    Am I the only one who hasn't studied and is just gonna go for it? Be graaand.

    I am on same boat here... But when they say ''be grand'' I often doubth that it will be ''grand'' ... Damn you Sylvia :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 843 ✭✭✭Whatsernamex33


    Which would people say is easier to learn off, An Gnáthrud or Seal i Neipeal? :/


  • Registered Users Posts: 7 zachdiebold


    Mayo_Boy wrote: »
    I'll be winging it tomorrow. What is Giota Leanúnach?

    It means "continuous passage", it needs to be about 15 lines on an A4, with sentences that are linked together into a continuous essay type thing. They can't be disjointed or unconnected phrases.

    I'm winging it today. Be graaaaaaaaaand. ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Meglamonia


    Predictions for the stories and poems?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 843 ✭✭✭Whatsernamex33


    That was an unreal paper :D


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