Reading "The Welsh Mind and Character"

The Welsh are a nation and they are conscious about it. However similar they may be in appearance, as soon as they begin to speak the difference is clear. The Welsh are quick and impetuous in speech. They are highly-gifted in the art of self-expression in words, they speak fluently and confidently. They aren't afraid of being poetic in speech of using bright and pictorial descriptions of men and events in ordinary conversation.

The Welsh like listening to good speaking and they are critical as an audience. They are a nation of singers. Wherever they meet, they sing. There is no need to "arrange" singing, it will happen spontaneously and it will be good. You won't travel far in Wales without finding a choir. Even in small villages men and women gather together to practise singing and they perform in public the works they've learnt. The standard of singing is high, the love of music is widespread.

The Welsh are especially proud of their language. When you travel you can see road signs in Welsh all over Wales.

The Welsh language is an old Celtic language which is very different from English. For example, the Welsh name for "Wales" is "Cymry", "Good morning" is "Bore da" and "How are you?" is "Sut mae?". It's one of the oldest languages in Europe.

Most Welshmen speak both Welsh and English and there is literature in two languages. Welsh literature has an ancient history and has made its contribution to the legends of King Arthur in Britain. Prose, romance and poetry - these all are being produced at increasing rate.

The love of reading is widespread in Wales.

New Vocabulary:

to be conscious of smth - усвідомлювати щось

impetuous - імпульсивний

highly-gifted - обдарований

self-expression -самовираження

confidently - впевнено

pictorial descriptions- яскраві/живописні описи

spontaneously - спонтанно

widespread - поширений

contribution - внесок

The Welsh are proud of their nation.

Their speech is calm and slow.

They are critical listeners.

The Welsh enjoy singing.

They enjoy listening to a good speech.

Most Welshmen speak English as well as Welsh.

The literature is published only in Welsh.

We can differentiate the Welsh from the English by appearance.

The Welsh... .

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The Welsh are ... .

The Welsh are a nation of ... .

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The Welsh language is an old ... language which is very different from ... .

What does "Sut mae?" mean?

... Welshmen speak both Welsh and English.

Welsh literature has an ancient history and has made its contribution to the legends of ... in Britain.

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