SIARAD - Davies11
Instances of sôn

1OWAond erCE na fydda i byth yn clywed neb yn sôn am y brawd .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM noPRT.NEG be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV PRTPRT hear.NONFINhear.V.INFIN nobodyanyone.PRON PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF brotherbrother.N.M.SG
  but er, no, I never hear anybody mentioning the brother
16DERpa Megan_WynneCE dach chi (y)n sôn amdani rŵan ?
  whichwhich.ADJ Megan_Wynnename be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN about.3SFfor_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S nownow.ADV
  which Megan Wynne are you talking about now?
478OWAohCE ia o'n i sôn am hynna yn [/] yn (y)r ysgol # umCE wythnos dwytha .
  IMoh.IM yesyes.ADV be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP inPRT.[or].in.PREP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF schoolschool.N.F.SG IMum.IM weekweek.N.F.SG previouslast.ADJ
  oh yes, I was talking about that in...in school, um, last week
480OWAac oedden nhw sôn am <yr erCE> [//] pan oedd y press_gangCE yn dod (fe)lly # a bod y hen wraig (y)ma (y)n y dafarn +// .
  andand.CONJ be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF press_gangunk PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN thusso.ADV andand.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ womanwife.N.F.SG+SM herehere.ADV inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF taverntavern.N.MF.SG+SM
  and they were talking about the, er...when the press-gang came, like, and that this old lady in the pub...
837OWAwellCE oedd rywun yn # sôn +// .
  wellwell.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN
  well, somebody was saying...
839OWAnoson blaen ddeudodd rywun # bod nhw (y)n sôn bod nhw erCE wchi yn [/] # yn lleihau # oherwydd bod bobl yn eu dal nhw ac yn [/] # yn eu mewnforio nhw yma (fe)lly ac yn eu allforio n(hw) [?] i wahanol lefydd .
  nightnight.N.F.SG beforefront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P IMer.IM know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT decrease.NONFINminimise.V.INFIN.[or].make smaller.V.INFIN.[or].reduce.V.INFIN.[or].diminish.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM PRTPRT POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P catch.NONFINcontinue.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P andand.CONJ PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P import.NONFINimport.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P herehere.ADV thusso.ADV andand.CONJ PRTPRT POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P export.NONFINexport.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P toto.PREP differentdifferent.ADJ+SM placesplaces.N.M.PL+SM
  the other night someone said that they were saying that they, er, you know, were decreasing because people were catching them and importing them here, like, and exporting them to various places
844DERo'n nhw sôn # (ry)wbeth ar radioCE diwrnod blaen bod <nhw (y)n> [//] # bobl (y)ma sydd yn dod ag anifeiliaid trwadd # neu trio dod ag anifeiliaid drwadd xxx bob math # bod nhw # wedi symud i Gaeredin wan bod nhw isio lle mwy # xx officesCE mwy yng Nghaeredin # i +/ .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM onon.PREP radioradio.N.SG dayday.N.M.SG beforefront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM herehere.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN withwith.PREP animalsanimals.N.M.PL througunk oror.CONJ trytry.V.INFIN come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN withwith.PREP animalsanimals.N.M.PL throughunk everyeach.PREQ+SM kindtype.N.F.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRT.PASTafter.PREP move.NONFINmove.V.INFIN toto.PREP Edinburghname nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P wantwant.N.M.SG placewhere.INT.[or].place.N.M.SG biggermore.ADJ.COMP officesunk biggermore.ADJ.COMP inin.PREP Edinburghname toto.PREP
  they were saying something on the radio the other day that they...these people who bring animals in, or try to bring animals in [...] all sorts, that they've moved to Edinburgh now, that they want a bigger place [...] bigger offices in Edinburgh
966OWAmae (y)na sôn am gythraul y canu .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP devilunk DETthe.DET.DEF sing.NONFINsing.V.INFIN
  people talk about the devil of singing

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