PATAGONIA - Patagonia11
Instances of oedden for speaker ELO

272ELOahCS oedden nhw (y)n dal i_gyd ?
  ahah.IM oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT dalcontinue.V.INFIN i_gydall.ADJ ?
  ah, they were all tall?
642ELOac oedden ni (ei)n tri +//.
  acand.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P einour.ADJ.POSS.1P trithree.NUM.M .
  and us three...
645ELOoedden ni ddim yn gweld uh uh uh dim fath o [/] o olau na ddim_byd .
  oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gweldsee.V.INFIN uher.IM uher.IM uher.IM dimnot.ADV fathtype.N.F.SG+SM oof.PREP oof.PREP olautrack.N.M.PL.[or].light.N.M.SG+SM nano.ADV.[or].than.CONJ.[or].(n)or.CONJ.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].PRT.NEG ddim_bydnothing.ADV+SM .
  we couldn't see any light or anything.
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.
733ELOoedden ni ddim yn gallu (.) &n siarad dim_byd (.) de .
  oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN siaradtalk.V.INFIN dim_bydnothing.ADV debe.IM+SM .
  we couldn't say a word.
794ELOie debyg iawn a wedyn oedden ni (y)n cyrraedd adre ac o(eddw)n i isio siarad Sbaeneg .
  ieyes.ADV debygsimilar.ADJ+SM iawnvery.ADV aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT cyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN adrehome.ADV acand.CONJ oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S isiowant.N.M.SG siaradtalk.V.INFIN SbaenegSpanish.N.F.SG .
  yes, I'm sure, and then we would get home and I wanted to speak Spanish.
859ELO+< <a wedyn pan o(edde)n ni (y)n gyrraedd adre> [/] o(edde)n ni (y)n gyrraedd adre ac o(eddw)n i isio siarad &e uh geiriau (y)n Sbaeneg o(eddw)n i (we)di dysgu +...
  aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV panwhen.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN+SM adrehome.ADV oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN+SM adrehome.ADV acand.CONJ oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S isiowant.N.M.SG siaradtalk.V.INFIN uher.IM geiriauwords.N.M.PL ynin.PREP SbaenegSpanish.N.F.SG oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S wediafter.PREP dysguteach.V.INFIN .
  and when we got home from school, I wanted to use the Spanish words I'd learnt.
859ELO+< <a wedyn pan o(edde)n ni (y)n gyrraedd adre> [/] o(edde)n ni (y)n gyrraedd adre ac o(eddw)n i isio siarad &e uh geiriau (y)n Sbaeneg o(eddw)n i (we)di dysgu +...
  aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV panwhen.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN+SM adrehome.ADV oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN+SM adrehome.ADV acand.CONJ oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S isiowant.N.M.SG siaradtalk.V.INFIN uher.IM geiriauwords.N.M.PL ynin.PREP SbaenegSpanish.N.F.SG oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S wediafter.PREP dysguteach.V.INFIN .
  and when we got home from school, I wanted to use the Spanish words I'd learnt.
883ELOo(edde)n nhw (y)n benderfynu <bod nhw> [/] (.) bod nhw am gadw (y)r iaith .
  oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT benderfynudecide.V.INFIN+SM bodbe.V.INFIN nhwthey.PRON.3P bodbe.V.INFIN nhwthey.PRON.3P amfor.PREP gadwkeep.V.INFIN+SM yrthe.DET.DEF iaithlanguage.N.F.SG .
  they were determined to keep the language.

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