Ta me go hiontach. Why? I have finally finished the first step towards completing the leaving cert. I had been awaiting this day for weeks now. I’m not exactly one for preparing for exams but I think I am finally getting geared up and motivated. I didn’t realize it was possible to drink 18 cups …
As all of you are probably (should be) aware that the Leaving cert Oral exams begin soon. Very soon as a matter of fact. So the majority of us should be trying to only speak in these languages for the weekend. Just a note of the dates 7th – Start date for Leaving Certificate Oral …
Who can really say that Irish is a farce. One week ago, in the midst of my glorius midterm break I imagined myself in the Irish oral examination. “Dia dhuit, agus cad is ainm duit” “oh crap, here we go” But after a week of mock orals, I have gained a certain confidence and perhaps …
Gealt Léim gealt ar bhus a sé a déag. Bhí éadaí codlata air agus shuigh sé in aice le fear a raibh mála aige. Choinnigh an fear greim daingean ar a mhála agus rug an mháthair greim daingean ar a páiste. D’fhéach an páiste ar an ngealt agus thosaigh an gealt ag gáire. Ghlaoigh an …
Irish for me was hit and miss. I had the vocabulary, the general tenses and I could listen…. But I just couldn’t think in Irish. I would always translate from English to Irish… always think in English first. That shows I wasn’t a fluent speaker, I couldn’t therefore ‘bluff’ Irish like I could perhaps most …