Writing (Higher)
Translate the sentences into Irish.
Cuir Gaeilge ar na habairtí seo a leanas.
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The school is situated on the outskirts of the town.
Tá an scoil suite ar imeall an bhaile mhóir.
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I get on with the teachers.
Réitím leis na múinteoirí.
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One or two teachers are helpful.
Tá duine nó beirt cuidiúil.
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Classes last half an hour.
Maireann ranganna leathuair.
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Lunch lasts forty minutes.
Maireann lón daichead bomaite.
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He can be cranky.
Thig leis bheith confach / cantalach.
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School begins at a quarter past nine.
Tosaíonn an scoil ar cheathrú i ndiaidh a naoi.
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I listen to the teacher.
Éistim leis an mhúinteoir.
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I am in year twelve.
Tá mé i mbliain a dó dhéag.
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It is a secondary school.
Is meánscoil í.
Translate the following passage into English.
Aistrigh an t-alt seo a leanas go Béarla.
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Thosaigh mé ar Choláiste Cholmáin i nDoire dhá bhliain ó shin agus tá mé iontach bródúil aisti. Is scoil mhór nua-aimseartha do chailíní amháin í. Sílim go bhfuil breis agus naoi gcéad scoláire inti agus tá idir daichead agus caoga múinteoir inti. Tá sí suite i gcroílár na cathrach in aice leis an ionad siopadóireachta. Tosaíonn na ranganna ar a naoi a chlog agus críochnaíonn siad ar ceathrú go dtí a ceathair de ghnáth. Tá atmaisféar deas, cairdiúil sa scoil. Réitíonn na daltaí le bunús na múinteoirí. Tá mo mhúinteoir Mata craiceáilte ach thig leis an phríomhoide a bheith crosta agus righin. Ní chaitheann an múinteoir Eolaíochta go maith linn áfach agus tugtar barraíocht obair bhaile dúinn. Is aoibhinn liom an scoil seo mar tá a lán cairde agam inti. Gan amhras, caithfidh mé a rá go dtaitníonn an scoil go mór liom.
I began St Colman’s in Derry two years ago and I am very proud of it. It is a big modern school for girls only. I think that there are more than nine hundred students in it and between forty and fifty teachers. It is situated in the heart of the city beside the shopping centre. The classes begin at nine o’clock and finish at a quarter to four usually. There is a nice friendly atmosphere in the school. The students get on with the majority of teachers. My Maths teacher is crazy but the principal can be cross and strict. The Science teacher does not treat us well however and we are given too much homework. I love this school because I have a lot of friends in it. Without a doubt, I must say that I enjoy the school a lot.