SIARAD - Davies13
Instances of mam for speaker MEI

46MEIa greatCE [?] surpriseCE surpriseCE oedd umCE mamCE a dadCE y fodan yna .
  andand.CONJ greatgreat.ADJ surprisesurprise.SV.INFIN surprisesurprise.SV.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF IMum.IM mothermam.N.SG andand.CONJ fatherdad.N.SG DETthe.DET.DEF girlunk therethere.ADV
  and great, surprise surprise, the bird's mother and father were there.
52MEI+" dw i isio ti gyfarfod mamCE a DadCE .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S wantwant.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S meet.NONFINmeet.V.INFIN+SM Mammam.N.SG andand.CONJ Dadname
  "I want you to meet Mam and Dad" .
771MEIxxx wnaeth o gweithio i mamCE ti ?
  do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN toto.PREP mothermam.N.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  [...] did it work for your mother?
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.
787MEIneu falle wnaeth mamCE ti (ddi)m wneud Slimmers_WorldCE .
  oror.CONJ maybemaybe.ADV do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM mothermam.N.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM Slimmers_Worldname
  or maybe your mother didn't do Slimmers World.
1054MEIac xxx erCE # xxx # oedd mamCE o (y)n gweithio xxx [//] biau ryw shopCE dillad <fath รข> [?] .
  andand.CONJ IMer.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF mothermam.N.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP PRTPRT work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN own.NONFINown.V.INFIN+SM somesome.PREQ+SM shopshop.N.SG clothesclothes.N.M.PL kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ
  and [...] his mother owned some clothes shop, like.
1062MEIa wedyn umCE ## mae gweld bod erCE # mamCE a dadCE o biau erCE shopCE gwin .
  andand.CONJ afterafterwards.ADV IMum.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN IMer.IM mothermam.N.SG andand.CONJ fatherdad.N.SG PRON.3SMof.PREP own.NONFINown.V.INFIN+SM IMer.IM shopshop.N.SG winewine.N.M.SG
  and then he sees that his mother and father own a wine shop.

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