SIARAD - Davies11
Instances of sôn for speaker OWA

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
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
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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