Message from @Simmons ☧
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Welsh is amazing
Its got quite the reputation
I speak it, one of 500,000 that can.
Wooow
I guess its probably rarer than being able to speak Sanskrit or the like
Does gen Gymraeg gormod o cytseiniaid, ein llafariaid yn gwahanol i’r rhain mewn Saesneg. W yn llafariad mewn Cymraeg er enghraifft. Mae llawer o llyffrenau dwbl yn fel Ll ac Dd yn llyfrenau ei hunain, hyd yn oed. Maer gynta dim yn sŵn mewn Saesneg a mae’r ail yn D meddal.
AHHHHH STOP IM HAVING A STROKE
What does that translate to
That’s something I wrote just today discussing the language.
It means
*“Welsh doesn’t have too many consonants, our vowels are just different to that of English. ‘W’ is a vowel in Welsh for example. Many double letters like ‘Ll’ and ‘Dd’ etc are all actually one letter each. The former forms a sound that doesn’t appear in English and the latter is a soft D.”*
Interesting
Beautiful spoken language, has a rhythmic flow to it
Yes its famous for poetry right
And something relating to sheep
Wales has as many sheep as people, and some Welshmen would raid English border towns to steal livestock, hence the derogatory phrase “sheep shagger” which I find more amusing than offensive.
Thats based
Its cool how much you know about Wales
Yes it sounds like a term of affection
Thanks, I’m proud of my country and have spent some time studying our history, culture and legends for the sake of my heritage.
Did you know the first prose literature in all of Britain is a compilation of Welsh myths and oral tradition written in Middle Welsh? It’s called the Mabinogi.
I did not know that
If you have a link to an English translation of that I would read it
Sure I’ll have a ganders
I’ve not read that translation myself so I’m not sure how good it is but that’s what I found with a google search. Otherwise you can buy books online in either English or Welsh, though I’d imagine the latter would be worthless to you 😂
Yes
Well maybe as an artifact
Not as a book
Ima save that link I like reading old stuff
I only speak English :( ameritard
Smattering of German
If I speak those at the same time will it be like speaking Welsh
Haha maybe if you slur
English and German are both Germanic, English also having huge Latin influences so you’ll be speaking some sorta Germano-Latin language if you speak both at once. I reckon it would sound like Dutch with some French words mixed in.
I will attempt it
After proper training
It will be the new language of the volk
English sounds more German if you pronounce all the words in a specific way, I saw a video on it