PATAGONIA - Patagonia35
Instances of cyn

58JAVfuon nhw am rhai dyddiau (y)n chwilio amdano fo cyn cael hyd iddo fo .
  fuonbe.V.3P.PAST+SM nhwthey.PRON.3P amfor.PREP rhaisome.PREQ dyddiauday.N.M.PL ynPRT chwiliosearch.V.INFIN amdanofor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S fohe.PRON.M.3S cynbefore.PREP caelget.V.INFIN hydlength.N.M.SG iddoto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S fohe.PRON.M.3S .
  they spent several days looking for him before they found him.
128AMA+< te (.) i (y)r (.) ie (.) a (y)n_ôl adre cyn nos .
  tetea.N.M.SG ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ieyes.ADV aand.CONJ yn_ôlback.ADV adrehome.ADV cynbefore.PREP nosnight.N.F.SG .
  tea, yes, and back home before night fell.
151JAVa mae hynny yn y flwyddyn mil naw cant tri_deg pedwar [//] uh dau_ddeg pedwar (.) deg mlynedd cyn i fi fy ngeni .
  aand.CONJ maebe.V.3S.PRES hynnythat.PRON.DEM.SP ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF flwyddynyear.N.F.SG+SM milthousand.N.F.SG nawnine.NUM canthundred.N.M.SG tri_degthirty.NUM pedwarfour.NUM.M uher.IM dau_ddegtwenty.NUM pedwarfour.NUM.M degten.NUM mlyneddyears.N.F.PL+NM cynbefore.PREP ito.PREP fiI.PRON.1S+SM fymy.ADJ.POSS.1S ngenibe_born.V.INFIN+NM .
  and that was in 1924, ten years before I was born.
209JAVcyn cyrraedd i (y)r dyffryn (.) wnaeth o olchi ei ddillad yn yr uh +...
  cynbefore.PREP cyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF dyffrynvalley.N.M.SG wnaethdo.V.3S.PAST+SM oof.PREP olchiwash.V.INFIN+SM eihis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S ddilladclothes.N.M.PL+SM ynin.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF uher.IM .
  before reaching the Valley, he washed his clothes in the, uh...
224JAVa peth arall oedd o (.) yn hoffi wneud oedd (.) yn y bore (.) codi (y)n gynnar a (.) gerio ei geffylau a cychwyn y daith cyn y lleill .
  aand.CONJ peththing.N.M.SG arallother.ADJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT hoffilike.V.INFIN wneudmake.V.INFIN+SM oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF boremorning.N.M.SG codilift.V.INFIN ynPRT gynnarearly.ADJ+SM aand.CONJ geriohitch.V.INFIN eihis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S geffylauhorses.N.M.PL+SM aand.CONJ cychwynstart.V.INFIN ythe.DET.DEF daithjourney.N.F.SG+SM cynbefore.PREP ythe.DET.DEF lleillothers.PRON .
  and another thing he liked doing was to get up early in the morning and hitch his horses and set off on the journey before the others.
225AMAcyn y lleill .
  cynbefore.PREP ythe.DET.DEF lleillothers.PRON .
  before the others.
288JAVyr [/] &əs yr ysgol (.) hon (.) oedd y [//] (.) ym Ebrill (.) cyn gorffen y +...
  yrthe.DET.DEF yrthe.DET.DEF ysgolschool.N.F.SG honthis.ADJ.DEM.F.SG oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ythe.DET.DEF ymin.PREP EbrillApril.N.M.SG cynbefore.PREP gorffencomplete.V.INFIN ythe.DET.DEF .
  this school was in April before finishing the...
382AMA+< deud y gwir oedden ni (y)n uh gallu sgrifennu Cymraeg cyn mynd i (y)r ysgol .
  deudsay.V.INFIN ythe.DET.DEF gwirtruth.N.M.SG oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT uher.IM gallube_able.V.INFIN sgrifennuwrite.V.INFIN CymraegWelsh.N.F.SG cynbefore.PREP myndgo.V.INFIN ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ysgolschool.N.F.SG .
  actually, we could write Welsh before we went to school.
391JAVoedd o (y)n cael mynd i [/] i (y)r dre i wneud neges ond oedd o (y)n cael papur xxx wedi sgwennu beth oedd o eisiau cyn oedd o (y)n mynd &a .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN myndgo.V.INFIN ito.PREP ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF dretown.N.F.SG+SM ito.PREP wneudmake.V.INFIN+SM negesmessage.N.F.SG ondbut.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN papurpaper.N.M.SG wediafter.PREP sgwennuwrite.V.INFIN bethwhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S eisiauwant.N.M.SG cynbefore.PREP oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT myndgo.V.INFIN .
  he was allowed to go into town to shop, but he'd be given a [...] note on paper saying what he wanted before going.
521JAVachos oedd o wedi trio mynd (y)na [/] (.) yna ond oedd o wedi colli cyn cyrraedd .
  achosbecause.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S wediafter.PREP triotry.V.INFIN myndgo.V.INFIN ynathere.ADV ynathere.ADV ondbut.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S wediafter.PREP collilose.V.INFIN cynbefore.PREP cyrraeddarrive.V.INFIN .
  because he had tried to go there, but he had got lost before reaching it.

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