PATAGONIA - Patagonia28
Instances of Saesneg for speaker ZER

119ZERmae hi ddim yn eisio rhywbeth (..) &s sy ddim yn Saesneg (.) timod .
  maebe.V.3S.PRES hishe.PRON.F.3S ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT eisiowant.N.M.SG rhywbethsomething.N.M.SG sybe.V.3S.PRES.REL ddimnot.ADV+SM ynin.PREP SaesnegEnglish.N.F.SG timodknow.V.2S.PRES .
  she doesn't want anything that isn't English, you know
736ZERwel <dw i (y)n> [/] <dw i (y)n> [/] dw i (y)n gallu siarad Saesneg ond +/.
  welwell.IM dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN siaradtalk.V.INFIN SaesnegEnglish.N.F.SG ondbut.CONJ .
  well, I can speak English, but...
819ZERdw i (y)n meddwl yn y Saesneg xxx +//.
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT meddwlthink.V.INFIN ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF SaesnegEnglish.N.F.SG .
  I'm thinking in English
821ZERpan &d [/] pan dw i isio dweud rywbeth fi ddim yn gwybod (..) dw i (y)n meddwl y gair yn Saesneg ddim yn Sbaeneg .
  panwhen.CONJ panwhen.CONJ dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S isiowant.N.M.SG dweudsay.V.INFIN rywbethsomething.N.M.SG+SM fiI.PRON.1S+SM ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gwybodknow.V.INFIN dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT meddwlthink.V.INFIN ythe.DET.DEF gairword.N.M.SG ynin.PREP SaesnegEnglish.N.F.SG ddimnot.ADV+SM.[or].nothing.N.M.SG+SM ynin.PREP SbaenegSpanish.N.F.SG .
  when I want to say something I don't know, I think of the word in English, not in Spanish

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