SIARAD - Davies13
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87MEI+< be sy dda yeahCE # ydy ti &ke [//] ## ti mynd i # Sainsbury'sCE neu rywbeth .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL goodgood.ADJ+SM yeahyeah.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP Sainsburysname oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM
  what's good, yeah, is you go to Sainsburys or something.
127MEI(be)causeE timod reallyE poshCE # edrych lawr ar bobl sy gweithio yna .
  becausebecause.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES reallyreal.ADJ+ADV poshposh.ADJ look.NONFINlook.V.2S.IMPER.[or].look.V.3S.PRES.[or].look.V.INFIN downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM onon.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN therethere.ADV
  because, you know, really posh, looking down at people who work there.
226MEI(be)causeE ## os ti (y)n un sy (y)n mynd ar cyfrifiadur ti digon aml # a newid y caneuon a newid be ti (y)n wrando i .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT oneone.NUM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN onon.PREP computercomputer.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S enoughenough.QUAN oftenfrequent.ADJ andand.CONJ change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF songssongs.N.F.PL andand.CONJ change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT listen.NONFINlisten.V.INFIN+SM PRTto.PREP
  because if you're one who goes on your computer often enough and changes the songs and changes what you listen to.
303MEIxxx [///] pa flwyddyn sy gen ti o ?
  whichwhich.ADJ yearyear.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP
  [from] which year do you have it?
306MEInaw_deg_tri sy gen i .
  ninety_threeunk be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S
  I've got ninety three.
343MEIpwy sy (y)n care_ioE+cym .
  whowho.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT care.NONFINcare.V.INFIN
  who cares.
350JAM+< yeahCE ti [/] ti (we)di gweld y dau [/] y dau blokeE (y)na sy eistedd ar erCE motorbikesCE yeahCE [=! laugh] .
  yeahyeah.ADV PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF twotwo.NUM.M DETthe.DET.DEF twotwo.NUM.M blokebloke.N.SG therethere.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL sit.NONFINsit.V.INFIN onon.PREP IMer.IM motorbikesunk yeahyeah.ADV
  yeah, have you seen the two blokes who sit on motorbikes, yeah.
368MEImae (y)n rhoid twentyE thousandE dollarsCE # i rhywun sy (y)n gallu curo recordCE o .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN twentytwenty.NUM thousandthousand.NUM dollarsdollar.N.SG+PL toto.PREP someonesomeone.N.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN beat.NONFINbeat.V.INFIN recordrecord.SV.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP
  he gives twenty thousand dollars to someone who can beat his record.
500JAMa (y)r boyCE (y)na sy (y)n dod ymlaen hanner [?] amser sy wastad yn feddw ## o (y)r commentaryE boxCE .
  andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF boyboy.N.SG therethere.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN onforward.ADV halfhalf.N.M.SG timetime.N.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL alwaysflat.ADJ+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP drunkunk fromof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF commentarycommentary.N.SG boxbox.N.SG.[or].pox.N.SG+SM
  and that bloke who comes on at half time who's always drunk, from the commentary box.
500JAMa (y)r boyCE (y)na sy (y)n dod ymlaen hanner [?] amser sy wastad yn feddw ## o (y)r commentaryE boxCE .
  andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF boyboy.N.SG therethere.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN onforward.ADV halfhalf.N.M.SG timetime.N.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL alwaysflat.ADJ+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP drunkunk fromof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF commentarycommentary.N.SG boxbox.N.SG.[or].pox.N.SG+SM
  and that bloke who comes on at half time who's always drunk, from the commentary box.
614MEIohCE mae (y)r AshesCE rwan # <sy (y)n good@s:eng> [?] .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF Ashesname nownow.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT goodgood.ADJ
  oh, the Ashes are now, which is good.
629JAM+< fel rho enghraifft o detailE bach sy (y)n bwysig .
  likelike.CONJ give.NONFINgive.V.2S.IMPER exampleexample.N.F.SG ofof.PREP detaildetail.N.SG littlesmall.ADJ be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT importantimportant.ADJ+SM
  like, give an example of a little detail which is important.
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 [...].
825MEImeddai ti sy (y)n dweud ti cael xxx [=! laugh] .
  say.NONFINsay.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN
  says you who says you have [...].
840MEI+< be sy (y)n neisa ydy (y)r erCE LindlCE yeahCE ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nicestunk be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM Lindlname yeahyeah.ADV
  what's nicest is, er, Lindl, yeah?
866MEIsy (y)n golygu &m [/] # mae plant yn roi anrhegion .
  be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT mean.NONFINedit.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES childrenchild.N.M.PL PRTPRT give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM giftspresents.N.F.PL
  which means that children give gifts.
934JAMos [/] # os taw dim_ond [?] y gannwyll sy ar +/ .
  ifif.CONJ ifif.CONJ PRTthat.CONJ onlyonly.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF candlecandle.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL onon.PREP
  if it's only the candle that's on...
971JAMumCE achos # taw dim_ond cawod sy (gyd)a [?] ni fan hyn +...
  IMum.IM becausebecause.CONJ PRTthat.CONJ onlyonly.ADV showerunk be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM thisthis.ADJ.DEM.SP
  because we only have a shower here...

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