PATAGONIA - Patagonia35
Instances of ychydig

97AMAa os oedd (y)na ychydig bach yn sbâr oedden ni (y)n ffraeo amdano fo .
  aand.CONJ osif.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ynathere.ADV ychydiga_little.QUAN bachsmall.ADJ ynPRT sbârspare.ADJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT ffraeoquarrel.V.INFIN amdanofor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S fohe.PRON.M.3S .
  and if there was a little bit going spare, we'd fight over who had it.
309AMAneu ychydig iawn .
  neuor.CONJ ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV .
  or very little.
311JAVychydig .
  ychydiga_little.QUAN .
  little.
314AMA+< mm (.) rŵan wnaeson ni &k ers ychydig o fis Hydre bod fi yn y dyffryn pan es rŵan i (y)r eisteddfod .
  mmmm.IM rŵannow.ADV wnaesondo.V.1P.PAST+SM niwe.PRON.1P erssince.PREP ychydiga_little.QUAN oof.PREP fismonth.N.M.SG+SM Hydrename bodbe.V.INFIN fiI.PRON.1S+SM ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF dyffrynvalley.N.M.SG panwhen.CONJ esgo.V.1S.PAST rŵannow.ADV ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF eisteddfodeisteddfod.N.F.SG .
  mm, now now we had some in October when I was in the valley when I went to the Eisteddfod now.
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.
352JAV+< PantCS [//] ym Pant_GlasCS mae (y)r (.) yn (y)chydig yn uwch ar y +...
  Pantname ymin.PREP Pant_Glasname maebe.V.3S.PRES yrthe.DET.DEF ynPRT ychydiga_little.QUAN ynPRT uwchhigher.ADJ aron.PREP ythe.DET.DEF .
  ...Pant Glas, it's a little bit higher on the...
368JAVac (.) nawr (.) (y)chydig iawn sydd yn ei siarad o .
  acand.CONJ nawrnow.ADV ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV syddbe.V.3S.PRES.REL ynPRT eihis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S siaradtalk.V.INFIN ohe.PRON.M.3S .
  and now very few speak it.
475JAV(y)chydig iawn fues i (.) achos xxx +...
  ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV fuesbe.V.1S.PAST+SM iI.PRON.1S achosbecause.CONJ .
  I was in very few because...
482JAV(y)chydig iawn o(eddw)n i (..) yma .
  ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S ymahere.ADV .
  I was rarely here.
543AMAachos <(y)chydig o (.)> [//] (y)chydig iawn o bethau fel (yn)a dan ni (y)n [/] (.) yn llwyddo cael yn fan hyn .
  achosbecause.CONJ ychydiga_little.QUAN oof.PREP ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV oof.PREP bethauthings.N.M.PL+SM fellike.CONJ ynathere.ADV danbe.V.1P.PRES niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT ynPRT llwyddosucceed.V.INFIN caelget.V.INFIN ynPRT fanplace.N.MF.SG+SM hynthis.ADJ.DEM.SP .
  because we only manage to get very few things like that here.
543AMAachos <(y)chydig o (.)> [//] (y)chydig iawn o bethau fel (yn)a dan ni (y)n [/] (.) yn llwyddo cael yn fan hyn .
  achosbecause.CONJ ychydiga_little.QUAN oof.PREP ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV oof.PREP bethauthings.N.M.PL+SM fellike.CONJ ynathere.ADV danbe.V.1P.PRES niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT ynPRT llwyddosucceed.V.INFIN caelget.V.INFIN ynPRT fanplace.N.MF.SG+SM hynthis.ADJ.DEM.SP .
  because we only manage to get very few things like that here.
568JAV+, siarad ryw (y)chydig .
  siaradtalk.V.2S.IMPER rywsome.PREQ+SM ychydiga_little.QUAN .
  to talk a little bit.

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