SIARAD - Davies13
Instances of sy for speaker MEI

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.
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.
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.
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.

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