PATAGONIA - Patagonia35
Instances of eira

62JAVyr adegau hynny <oedden ni> [//] oedden nhw (y)n cael mwy o eira a glaw nag ydan ni (y)n cael &n nawr .
  yrthe.DET.DEF adegautimes.N.F.PL hynnythat.ADJ.DEM.SP oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN mwymore.ADJ.COMP oof.PREP eirasnow.N.M.SG aand.CONJ glawrain.N.M.SG nagthan.CONJ ydanbe.V.1P.PRES niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN nawrnow.ADV .
  those days they had more snow and rain than we have now.
273AMA+, glawog ac oedd hi (y)n bwrw gymaint o eira nes oedd ddim posib meddwl am fynd .
  glawograiny.ADJ acand.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF hishe.PRON.F.3S ynPRT bwrwstrike.V.INFIN gymaintso much.ADJ+SM oof.PREP eirasnow.N.M.SG nesnearer.ADJ.COMP oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ddimnot.ADV+SM posibpossible.ADJ meddwlthink.V.INFIN amfor.PREP fyndgo.V.INFIN+SM .
  ...rainy and it snowed so much that it was impossible to think of going.
291JAVym Mai oedden ni (y)n cael (.) eira rhew eira glaw +...
  ymin.PREP MaiMay.N.M.SG oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN eirasnow.N.M.SG rhewice.N.M.SG eirasnow.N.M.SG glawrain.N.M.SG .
  in May we'd have snow, sleet...
291JAVym Mai oedden ni (y)n cael (.) eira rhew eira glaw +...
  ymin.PREP MaiMay.N.M.SG oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN eirasnow.N.M.SG rhewice.N.M.SG eirasnow.N.M.SG glawrain.N.M.SG .
  in May we'd have snow, sleet...
296JAVoedd hi (y)n arfer bwrw eira amser oedd y cornchwiglod yn dod .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF hishe.PRON.F.3S ynPRT arferuse.V.INFIN bwrwstrike.V.INFIN eirasnow.N.M.SG amsertime.N.M.SG oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ythe.DET.DEF cornchwiglodlapwing.N.F.PL ynPRT dodcome.V.INFIN .
  it used to snow when the lapwings came.
307JAVachos oedden ni ers_talwm yn cael (.) pedwar_deg <i &he &he (.)> [//] i hanner metr o eira .
  achosbecause.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ers_talwmfor_some_time.ADV ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN pedwar_degforty.NUM ito.PREP ito.PREP hannerhalf.N.M.SG metrmetre.N.M.SG oof.PREP eirasnow.N.M.SG .
  because in the old days we'd have 40-50cm of snow.
308JAVdan ni ddim yn gweld eira lawr yn y dref bron nawr .
  danbe.V.1P.PRES niwe.PRON.1P ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gweldsee.V.INFIN eirasnow.N.M.SG lawrdown.ADV ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF dreftown.N.F.SG+SM bronalmost.ADV.[or].breast.N.F.SG nawrnow.ADV .
  we hardly ever see snow now down in the town.
443JAVmae hi (y)n (.) dal i glawio bwrw eira <yn yr um (.)> [//] ar y mynydd <a (.) &t (.)> [//] a (.) yn rhewi (y)n [/] (.) yn ofnadwy .
  maebe.V.3S.PRES hishe.PRON.F.3S ynPRT dalstill.ADV ito.PREP glawiorain.V.INFIN bwrwstrike.V.INFIN eirasnow.N.M.SG ynin.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF umum.IM aron.PREP ythe.DET.DEF mynyddmountain.N.M.SG aand.CONJ aand.CONJ ynPRT rhewifreeze.V.INFIN ynPRT ynPRT ofnadwyterrible.ADJ .
  it's still raining, snowing on the mountain and freezing terribly.

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