PATAGONIA - Patagonia6
Instances of gallu

46SARmi o(edde)n nhw (y)n reit hir cyn dod [//] gallu dod i (y)r ffermydd .
  miPRT.AFF oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT reitquite.ADV hirlong.ADJ cynbefore.PREP dodcome.V.INFIN gallube_able.V.INFIN dodcome.V.INFIN ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ffermyddfarms.N.F.PL .
  they took a very long time before being able to come to the farms
86SARoedd o (y)n gallu Saesneg yn iawn .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN SaesnegEnglish.N.F.SG ynPRT iawnOK.ADV .
  he could speak English ok
309SARwneith ceffylau ddim gallu cerdded yn y mwd efo cario xxx a tynnu wrth y wagan .
  wneithdo.V.3S.FUT+SM ceffylauhorses.N.M.PL ddimnot.ADV+SM gallube_able.V.INFIN cerddedwalk.V.INFIN ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF mwdmud.N.M.SG efowith.PREP cariocarry.V.INFIN aand.CONJ tynnudraw.V.INFIN wrthby.PREP ythat.PRON.REL waganwagon.N.F.SG .
  horses won't be able to walk in mud while carrying [...] and pulling the wagon
396SAR<oedd o (y)n mynd> [?] xxx a (y)chydig iawn oedd mam yn gallu mynd yn dlawd iawn .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT myndgo.V.INFIN aand.CONJ ychydiga_little.QUAN iawnOK.ADV oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF mammother.N.F.SG ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN myndgo.V.INFIN ynPRT dlawdpoor.ADJ+SM iawnvery.ADV .
  he was going [...] and very little, Mum could become very poor
466SARachos dw i (we)di wneud o (.) (we)di bod ar y ffarm (.) efo (y)r arad a (y)r &orsel (.) oedden ni (y)n gallu pan oedden ni (y)n blant ifanc .
  achosbecause.CONJ dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S wediafter.PREP wneudmake.V.INFIN+SM ohe.PRON.M.3S wediafter.PREP bodbe.V.INFIN aron.PREP ythe.DET.DEF ffarmfarm.N.F.SG efowith.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF aradplough.N.M.SG aand.CONJ yrthat.PRON.REL oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN panwhen.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT blantchild.N.M.PL+SM ifancyoung.ADJ .
  because I do it, having been on the farm with the plough and the harrow [?] we were able when we were little children
487SARoedden ni ddim gallu (y)r Sbanish .
  oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ddimnot.ADV+SM gallube_able.V.INFIN yrthe.DET.DEF SbanishSpanish.N.F.SG .
  we couldn't speak Spanish
494SARxxx gallu darllen ryw (y)chydig Gymraeg .
  gallucapability.N.M.SG.[or].be_able.V.INFIN darllenread.V.INFIN rywsome.PREQ+SM ychydiga_little.QUAN GymraegWelsh.N.F.SG+SM .
  [...] able to read a little Welsh
496SARmae rai hyna(f) gallu .
  maebe.V.3S.PRES raisome.PRON+SM hynafolder.ADJ gallube_able.V.INFIN .
  the older ones can
497SARpedwar hyna(f) yn gallu Cymraeg a Sbanish .
  pedwarfour.NUM.M hynafolder.ADJ ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN CymraegWelsh.N.F.SG aand.CONJ SbanishSpanish.N.F.SG .
  the four eldest know Welsh and Spanish
514SARach(os) o(edde)n ni (y)n gallu mynd rywfaint i (y)r ysgol .
  achosbecause.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN myndgo.V.INFIN rywfaintamount.N.M.SG+SM ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF ysgolschool.N.F.SG .
  because I was able to go to school a little bit
531SARac oedden ni (y)n gallu ryw gymaint o hwnnw .
  acand.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN rywsome.PREQ+SM gymaintso much.ADJ+SM ofrom.PREP.[or].of.PREP.[or].he.PRON.M.3S hwnnwthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG .
  and I could understand some of that
545SARoedd (y)na wragedd ac ati a dynion yn gallu siarad efo ryw ddyn yn dod i (y)r lle .
  oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ynathere.ADV wrageddwives.N.F.PL+SM acand.CONJ atito_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S aand.CONJ dynionmen.N.M.PL ynPRT gallube_able.V.INFIN siaradtalk.V.INFIN efowith.PREP rywsome.PREQ+SM ddynman.N.M.SG+SM ynPRT dodcome.V.INFIN ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF lleplace.N.M.SG .
  there were wives and such, and and men able to speak it with some man who came to their place
608SAR(dy)dy (y)r merched ddim wedi cael gystal achos oedden ni ddim gallu gyrru nhw i ddim un ysgol lle oedden nhw raid talu .
  dydybe.V.3S.PRES.NEG yrthe.DET.DEF merchedgirl.N.F.PL ddimnot.ADV+SM.[or].nothing.N.M.SG+SM wediafter.PREP caelget.V.INFIN gystalso good.ADJ+SM achosbecause.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ddimnot.ADV+SM gallube_able.V.INFIN gyrrudrive.V.INFIN nhwthey.PRON.3P ito.PREP ddimnot.ADV+SM unone.NUM ysgolschool.N.F.SG llewhere.INT oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P raidnecessity.N.M.SG+SM talupay.V.INFIN .
  the girls haven't had it so good because we weren't able to send them to any school where they had to pay

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