PATAGONIA - Patagonia42
Instances of can

761ANOa nhw wedi clywed uh taid a nain yn siarad am Gymru fel oedd o ers can mlynedd yn_ôl .
  aand.CONJ nhwthey.PRON.3P wediafter.PREP clywedhear.V.INFIN uher.IM taidgrandfather.N.M.SG aand.CONJ naingrandmother.N.F.SG ynPRT siaradtalk.V.INFIN amfor.PREP GymruWales.N.F.SG.PLACE+SM fellike.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S erssince.PREP cancan.N.M.SG mlyneddyears.N.F.PL+NM yn_ôlback.ADV .
  and they'd heard Grandpa and Grandma talking about Wales as it was a hundred years ago
763MSA+< fel oedd ers can mlynedd yn_ôl .
  fellike.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF erssince.PREP cancan.N.M.SG mlyneddyears.N.F.PL+NM yn_ôlback.ADV .
  as it was a hundred years ago
771ANOwel (.) can mlynedd yn_ôl oedd o (y)n cael ei siarad .
  welwell.IM cancan.N.M.SG mlyneddyears.N.F.PL+NM yn_ôlback.ADV oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT caelget.V.INFIN eihis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S siaradtalk.V.INFIN .
  well, 100 years ago it was actually spoken
1208MSA+< i (y)r can mlynedd ie .
  ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF cancan.N.M.SG mlyneddyears.N.F.PL+NM ieyes.ADV .
  ...for the hundred years, yes

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