PATAGONIA - Patagonia35
Instances of gallu

369JAVmae (y)na rai sydd yn gallu (y)r iaith .
  maebe.V.3S.PRES ynathere.ADV raisome.PRON+SM syddbe.V.3S.PRES.REL ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN yrthe.DET.DEF iaithlanguage.N.F.SG .
  there are some who can speak the language.
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.
389JAVoedd WyreCS amser ddechreuodd o fynd i (y)r ysgol oedd o ddim yn gallu gair o Sbanish .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF Wyrename amsertime.N.M.SG ddechreuoddbegin.V.3S.PAST+SM oof.PREP fyndgo.V.INFIN+SM ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ysgolschool.N.F.SG oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN gairword.N.M.SG oof.PREP SbanishSpanish.N.F.SG .
  when Wyre started going to school he couldn't speak a word of Spanish.
500JAV+< &o (.) &o (.) oeddet ti ddim yn gallu dod llawer tro o (y)r (..) ffarm i (y)r dre (..) flynyddoedd yn_ôl pan wnaeson nhw (y)r bont gyntaf fyny fan (a)cw .
  oeddetbe.V.2S.IMPERF tiyou.PRON.2S ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN dodcome.V.INFIN llawermany.QUAN troturn.N.M.SG oof.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ffarmfarm.N.F.SG ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF dretown.N.F.SG+SM flynyddoeddyears.N.F.PL+SM yn_ôlback.ADV panwhen.CONJ wnaesondo.V.3P.PAST+SM nhwthey.PRON.3P yrthe.DET.DEF bontbridge.N.F.SG+SM gyntaffirst.ORD+SM fynyup.ADV fanplace.N.MF.SG+SM acwover there.ADV .
  often you couldn't come from the farm into town year ago when they made the first bridge up there.
562JAVdw i ddim yn gallu siarad y Cymraeg a wedyn paid â roi bai arno fi bod fi wedi siarad .
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN siaradtalk.V.INFIN ythe.DET.DEF CymraegWelsh.N.F.SG aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV paidstop.V.2S.IMPER âwith.PREP roigive.V.INFIN+SM baifault.N.M.SG.[or].be.V.3S.SUBJ.PAST arnoon_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S fiI.PRON.1S+SM bodbe.V.INFIN fiI.PRON.1S+SM wediafter.PREP siaradtalk.V.INFIN .
  I can't speak Welsh, so don't blame me for talking.
571AMAachos dw i (y)n gallu sgrifennu i bobl o Gymru .
  achosbecause.CONJ dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN sgrifennuwrite.V.INFIN ito.PREP boblpeople.N.F.SG+SM oof.PREP GymruWales.N.F.SG.PLACE+SM .
  because I can write to people in Wales.

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