Irish Level 1, 2 & 3 Set

Level 1 Examples

Level 2 Examples

Level 3 Examples

What You'll Learn

This set will help you:

• Build your vocabulary and language abilities.
• Spell and write accurately.
• Speak without a script.
• Retain what you’ve learned.
• Read and understand your new language.
• Share ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about everyday life.

Sample topics include:

• The basics, such as age and family relations
• Questions, greetings, introductions
• Times of day, calendar terms, the weather
• Directions, locations, telling time
• Present, past and future tense
• Apologies and polite requests
• How to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions
• Emotions, opinions and ideas
• Political, media, business and religious terms

About Irish

Irish is spoken primarily in Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, nearly half of the population speaks Irish as a first or second language.

Irish Learning Tips

• You’ll notice stroke marks over some letters in Irish. These indicate when a vowel is long.
• The meaning of words in Irish can depend on whether the vowel is long or short.
• You may notice that each consonant in Irish has two varieties of pronunciation, depending on context.
• Don’t be surprised if you see uppercase letters within a word. In some situations, the second letter appears in upper case.
• Irish has no exact equivalent of ‘yes.’ Instead of affirming with a single word, an Irish speaker generally repeats the question.
• You’ll notice that Irish noun forms vary depending on whether they are masculine or feminine.
• While in many languages, words change at the end to reflect their relationship with other words, Irish words can change at the beginning as well. For example, an ‘h’ may be inserted.

Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations

• Windows (32-bit editions only) 2000, XP or Vista, Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
• 512 MB RAM
• 1 GHz or faster processor speed
• 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
• 16-bit sound card
• 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Speech recognition feature requires a headset microphone (USB recommended)
• 16X CD-ROM Drive (for installation)

Additional Requirements for Online Products

• High-speed internet connection
• Browsers: Internet Explorer 6sp1, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0, Safari 2 and Safari 3
• Flash 9 plug-in installed on browser

Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:

Current Rosetta Stone® products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as ‘Vista Compliant’. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.