SIARAD - Davies13
Instances of fi for speaker MEI

184MEIxx mae batteryCE fi xx +/ .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES batterybattery.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  [..] my battery is [..]...
242MEI(be)causeE erCE umCE # efo fi ## dw i weithiau timod +.. .
  becausebecause.CONJ IMer.IM IMum.IM withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S sometimestimes.N.F.PL+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  because with me, sometimes I'm, you know...
302MEI+< a fi !
  andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  and me!
313MEI+< a fi !
  andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  and me!
711MEIohCE oedd (y)na timod gynno fi ## cysylltiad # efo ryw boyCE sy nabod boyCE yn chwarae i clubCE ## xxx .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES with.1Swith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM connectionconnection.N.M.SG withwith.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM boyboy.N.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL know.NONFINknow_someone.V.INFIN boyboy.N.SG PRTPRT play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN toto.PREP clubclub.N.SG
  oh, you know, I had a connection with some bloke who knows a bloke who plays for [the] club [...].
786MEI+< a falle wnaeth mamCE ## fi ddim wneud Weight_WatchersCE yn iawn .
  andand.CONJ maybemaybe.ADV do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM mothermam.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM NEGnot.ADV+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM Weight_Watchersname PRTPRT rightOK.ADV
  and maybe my mother didn't do Weight Watchers properly.
815MEIsoCE # raid fi stopio rwan .
  soso.ADV necessitynecessity.N.M.SG+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM stop.NONFINstop.V.INFIN nownow.ADV
  so I need to stop now.
993MEImae brawd fi wneud o &=laugh .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES brotherbrother.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  my brother does it.
1001MEIbob (Na)dolig penblwydd # (oe)s gen i byth syniad be i gael # i cariad fi .
  everyeach.PREQ+SM ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG birthdaybirthday.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV ideaidea.N.M.SG whatwhat.INT PRTto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP loverlove.N.MF.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  every Christmas [and] birthday, I never have an idea what to get my girlfriend.

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