SIARAD - Davies13
Instances of ydy

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.
123MEIy thingE ydy .
  DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the thing is.
163MEI(be)causeE # <y thingE ydy> [?] dw i (ddi)m yn edrych fel boyCE businessCE timod .
  becausebecause.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ boyboy.N.SG businessbusiness.N.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  because the thing is I don't look like a business bloke, you know.
329MEImyE dreamE # ydy byw mewn mansionE pan dw i hŷn .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S dreamdream.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP mansionmansion.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S olderolder.ADJ
  my dream is to live in a mansion when I'm older.
370MEI+< ydy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  yes.
403MEI+< ond erCE # y thingE ydy .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  but the thing is.
451JAM+< ydy e (y)n hoyw ?
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT gaygay.ADJ
  is he gay?
464MEI+< ydy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  yes.
572MEI<thingE (yd)y> [?] .
  thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the things is.
682JAMydy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  yes.
743MEIy thingE ydy .
  DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the thing is.
782MEIydy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  yes.
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?
868MEIa gyd ydy o # potel o win neu chocolateCE .
  andand.CONJ alljoint.ADJ+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S bottlebottle.N.F.SG ofof.PREP winewine.N.M.SG+SM oror.CONJ chocolatechocolate.N.SG
  and all it is, a bottle of wine or chocolate.
1000MEIthingE ydy .
  thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the thing is.

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