PATAGONIA - Patagonia35
Instances of dim

14AMAie aeth o dim (y)n_ôl i (y)r dyffryn a llai byth i ei hen wlad .
  ieyes.ADV aethgo.V.3S.PAST ohe.PRON.M.3S dimnot.ADV yn_ôlback.ADV ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF dyffrynvalley.N.M.SG aand.CONJ llaismaller.ADJ.COMP bythnever.ADV ito.PREP eiher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].his.ADJ.POSS.M.3S.[or].go.V.2S.PRES henold.ADJ wladcountry.N.F.SG+SM .
  yes, he didn't go back to the Valley and even less to his homeland.
105JAVdw i wedi cael ym magu (.) dim yn y dre a dim yn y ffermydd uh (.) ar y &se &s +...
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S wediafter.PREP caelget.V.INFIN ymin.PREP magurear.V.INFIN dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF dretown.N.F.SG+SM aand.CONJ dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF ffermyddfarms.N.F.PL uher.IM aron.PREP ythe.DET.DEF .
  I wasn't raised in a town or on a farm... on the...
105JAVdw i wedi cael ym magu (.) dim yn y dre a dim yn y ffermydd uh (.) ar y &se &s +...
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S wediafter.PREP caelget.V.INFIN ymin.PREP magurear.V.INFIN dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF dretown.N.F.SG+SM aand.CONJ dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF ffermyddfarms.N.F.PL uher.IM aron.PREP ythe.DET.DEF .
  I wasn't raised in a town or on a farm... on the...
326JAVoedd yna ddim dŵr yn yr afon dim ond (y)chydig o ddŵr budr wrth bod rai o (y)r [//] y cerrig mân wedi codi (y)r gwaelod yr afon .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ynathere.ADV ddimnot.ADV+SM dŵrwater.N.M.SG ynin.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF afonriver.N.F.SG dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG ondbut.CONJ ychydiga_little.QUAN oof.PREP ddŵrwater.N.M.SG+SM budrdirty.ADJ wrthby.PREP bodbe.V.INFIN raisome.PRON+SM oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ythe.DET.DEF cerrigstones.N.F.PL mânfine.ADJ wediafter.PREP codilift.V.INFIN yrthe.DET.DEF gwaelodbottom.N.M.SG yrthe.DET.DEF afonriver.N.F.SG .
  there was no water in the river, only a little dirty water because the pebbles had raised the bottom of the river.
345JAV<daeth y dŵr> [//] fuodd y dŵr ddim mewn yn y tŷ dim unwaith .
  daethcome.V.3S.PAST ythe.DET.DEF dŵrwater.N.M.SG fuoddbe.V.3S.PAST+SM ythe.DET.DEF dŵrwater.N.M.SG ddimnot.ADV+SM.[or].nothing.N.M.SG+SM mewnin.PREP ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF tŷhouse.N.M.SG dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG unwaithonce.ADV .
  the water didn't go into the house once.
364JAVoes (y)na neb o_gwmpas uh dim un diwrnod o (y)r flwyddyn nawr .
  oesbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF ynathere.ADV nebanyone.PRON o_gwmpasaround.ADV uher.IM dimnot.ADV unone.NUM diwrnodday.N.M.SG oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF flwyddynyear.N.F.SG+SM nawrnow.ADV .
  no-one is around now, not one day of the year.
446AMAoes dim tsians iddo ddod eto o (y)r newydd .
  oesbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF dimnot.ADV tsianschance.N.F.SG iddoto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S ddodcome.V.INFIN+SM etoagain.ADV oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF newyddnew.ADJ .
  there's no hope of it coming again.
449AMA<(doe)s dim (.)> [//] (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m wedi tyfu dim dim .
  doesbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG dimnot.ADV dydynbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG nhwthey.PRON.3P ddimnot.ADV+SM wediafter.PREP tyfugrow.V.INFIN dimnot.ADV dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG .
  they haven't grown at all.
449AMA<(doe)s dim (.)> [//] (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m wedi tyfu dim dim .
  doesbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG dimnot.ADV dydynbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG nhwthey.PRON.3P ddimnot.ADV+SM wediafter.PREP tyfugrow.V.INFIN dimnot.ADV dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG .
  they haven't grown at all.
449AMA<(doe)s dim (.)> [//] (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m wedi tyfu dim dim .
  doesbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG dimnot.ADV dydynbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG nhwthey.PRON.3P ddimnot.ADV+SM wediafter.PREP tyfugrow.V.INFIN dimnot.ADV dimnot.ADV.[or].nothing.N.M.SG .
  they haven't grown at all.

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