SIARAD - Davies12
Instances of dechrau for speaker CER

307CERyeahCE (dd)aru un o ffrindiau adre fi dechrau canlyn ym mis Mai .
  yeahyeah.ADV happen.pastdo.V.123SP.PAST oneone.NUM ofof.PREP friendsfriends.N.M.PL homehome.ADV PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN follow.NONFINfollow.V.INFIN inin.PREP monthmonth.N.M.SG MayMay.N.M.SG
  yeah, one of my friends at home started seeing somebody in May
663CER(y)dyn nhw (we)di dechrau ar # addurno (y)r umCE # common_roomE ?
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRT.PASTafter.PREP start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN onon.PREP decorate.NONFINdecorate.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF IMum.IM common_roomunk
  have they started decorating the common-room?
721CERoedd o (y)n dechrau siarad (e)fo [?] fi am ei gariad a [=? o] ballu .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM aboutfor.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S lovelove.N.MF.SG+SM andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON
  he started talking to me about his girlfriend and so on
859CERoedd xxx dechrau siarad am y twinsE ar y rhaglen a ballu .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF twinstwin.ADJ+PV onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF programmeprogramme.N.F.SG andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON
  [...] started to talk about the twins on the programme and so on
1395CERfath â dw gwybod (dd)aru ffrindiau fi dod fyny # fath â dechrau ha i chwilio am rei .
  kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN happen.pastdo.V.123SP.PAST friendsfriends.N.M.PL PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN upup.ADV kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN summersummer.N.M.SG toto.PREP search.NONFINsearch.V.INFIN forfor.PREP somesome.PRON+SM
  like, I know my friends came up, like, at the beginning of summer to look for some

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