SIARAD - Davies1
Instances of cyn

22SARa fi (y)n mynd # noson cyn Dolig +// .
  andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN nightnight.N.F.SG beforebefore.PREP ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  and I'm going the night before Christmas...
27SAR+" ohCE ti moyn cwrdd lan â nhw (y)n PorthCE rywbryd cyn Dolig ?
  IMoh.IM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S wantwant.N.M.SG meet.NONFINmeeting.N.M.SG.[or].meet.V.INFIN upshore.N.F.SG+SM withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P inin.PREP Porthname sometimeat_some_stage.ADV+SM beforebefore.PREP ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  "oh do you want to meet up with them in Porth sometime before Christmas?"
32SARmae nhw gyd yn mynd mas i PorthCE # noson cyn Dolig .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P alljoint.ADJ+SM PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN outbass.ADJ+NM.[or].shallow.ADJ+NM toto.PREP Porthname nightnight.N.F.SG beforebefore.PREP ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  they're all going out to Porth the night before Christmas
40SARyeahCE soCE # ni fod mynd mas f(an) yna # noson cyn Dolig .
  yeahyeah.ADV soso.ADV PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN outbass.ADJ+NM.[or].shallow.ADJ+NM placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV nightnight.N.F.SG beforebefore.PREP ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  yeah, so we're supposed to go out there the night before Christmas
41SARond pointCE yw sa i byth (we)di bod mas noson cyn Dolig .
  butbut.CONJ pointpoint.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES NEGbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN outbass.ADJ+NM.[or].shallow.ADJ+NM nightnight.N.F.SG beforebefore.PREP ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  but the point is, I've never been out the night before Christmas
124NONyeahCE fi (we)di gweld dadCE yn crafu (y)r maggotsCE offCE gyda gwaellau [?] # cyn nawr .
  yeahyeah.ADV PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN daddad.N.SG PRTPRT scrapescratch.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF maggotsmaggot.N.SG+PL offoff.PREP withwith.PREP spearsunk beforebefore.PREP nownow.ADV
  yeah I've seen dad scraping the maggots off with spears [?] before now
222SARsa i # byth (we)di joio lotCE # cyn llynedd .
  NEGbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP enjoy.NONFINunk lotlot.N.SG beforebefore.PREP lastlast year.ADV year
  I've never enjoyed much before last year
223NONsa i (we)di bod mas # nos Galan lotCE cyn llynedd .
  NEGbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN outshallow.ADJ+NM.[or].bass.ADJ+NM nightnight.N.F.SG new_yearname lotlot.N.SG beforebefore.PREP last_yearlast year.ADV
  I've never been out new year's eve much before last year
245SAR+, wythnos cyn Dolig .
  weekweek.N.F.SG beforebefore.PREP ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  a week before Christmas
569NONfalle bod e justCE yn meddwl bod e mynd i fennu cyn hir .
  perhapsmaybe.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S justjust.ADV PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP finish.NONFINunk beforebefore.PREP longlong.ADJ
  perhaps it just means that it's going to finish soon
737SAR<sureCE mae mynd> [?] (y)mlaen (am)boutu mis cyn e .
  suresure.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN onforward.ADV approximatelyunk monthmonth.N.M.SG beforebefore.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  I'm sure it goes on for about a month before it
856SARfi [?] (y)n cofio ryw dro # umCE # pryd o'n i sâl sâl # cyn arholiad llafar Cymraeg fi .
  PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN somesome.PREQ+SM turnturn.N.M.SG+SM IMum.IM timewhen.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S sickill.ADJ sickill.ADJ beforebefore.PREP examexamination.N.M.SG oralspeech.N.M.SG WelshWelsh.N.F.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  I remember one time, um, when I was really sick before my Welsh oral exam
892SARachos cyn bod ti (y)n gwenwyno mae boundCE o fod rywbeth yn bod timod .
  becausebecause.CONJ beforebefore.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT poison.NONFINpoison.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES boundbind.PASTPART ofof.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  because before you get poisoned, there's bound to be something wrong, you know
894SARa umCE # achos cyn (hyn)na o'n i byth yn colli ysgol .
  andand.CONJ IMum.IM becausebecause.CONJ beforebefore.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV PRTPRT miss.NONFINlose.V.INFIN schoolschool.N.F.SG
  and um, because before that I'd never miss school
997SARa cofiais i cyn i ti dod o'n i heb # &k thingE make_upCE fi offCE neithiwr .
  andand.CONJ remember.1S.PASTremember.V.1S.PAST PRON.1SI.PRON.1S beforebefore.PREP toto.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S withoutwithout.PREP thingthing.N.SG make_upunk PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM offoff.PREP last_nightlast_night.ADV
  and I remembered before you came, I hadn't thing my make-up off last night
1001SARjustCE # cyn i fi # mynd fel (yn)a +// .
  justjust.ADV beforebefore.PREP toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  just before I went like that...

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