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Instances of dechrau

174GABoedd o (y)n (e)iste(dd) ac oedd o (y)n dechra(u) +"/.
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT eisteddsit.V.INFIN acand.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN .
  he would sit and he would start off:
647ELOum (.) dyma (y)r uh (..) y gwyddau (y)n dechrau +"/.
  umum.IM dymathis_is.ADV yrthe.DET.DEF uher.IM ythe.DET.DEF gwyddaugoose.N.F.SG ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN .
  and the geese would begin...
648HER+< gwyddau (y)n dechrau .
  gwyddaugoose.N.F.SG ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN .
  geese would begin...
657ELOa (dy)ma fi (y)n dechrau +"/.
  aand.CONJ dymathis_is.ADV fiI.PRON.1S+SM ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN .
  and I would begin:
676ELO+, <oedd o> [/] oedd o pan o(edde)n ni (y)n dechrau mynd i (y)r ysgol .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S panwhen.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN myndgo.V.INFIN ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ysgolschool.N.F.SG .
  it was when we started going to school.
1297GABa (y)r [//] y &kɬ [/] y llo (y)n dechrau &=imit:calf a (y)r gwartheg yn dechrau dod o (y)r [/] o (y)r gwaelod .
  aand.CONJ yrthe.DET.DEF ythe.DET.DEF ythe.DET.DEF llocalf.N.M.SG ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN aand.CONJ yrthe.DET.DEF gwarthegcattle.N.M.PL ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN dodcome.V.INFIN oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF gwaelodbottom.N.M.SG .
  and the calf beginning to bleat and the cows would start to come over.
1297GABa (y)r [//] y &kɬ [/] y llo (y)n dechrau &=imit:calf a (y)r gwartheg yn dechrau dod o (y)r [/] o (y)r gwaelod .
  aand.CONJ yrthe.DET.DEF ythe.DET.DEF ythe.DET.DEF llocalf.N.M.SG ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN aand.CONJ yrthe.DET.DEF gwarthegcattle.N.M.PL ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN dodcome.V.INFIN oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF gwaelodbottom.N.M.SG .
  and the calf beginning to bleat and the cows would start to come over.
1894HERo(eddw)n i (y)n (.) dros y pum_deg yn dechrau (.) dreifio car .
  oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S ynPRT drosover.PREP+SM ythe.DET.DEF pum_degfifty.NUM ynPRT dechraubegin.V.INFIN dreifiodrive.V.INFIN carcar.N.M.SG .
  I was over fifty when I started to drive a car.

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