SIARAD - Davies14
Instances of am for speaker GWA

75GWAa mae o (y)n rhaglen am # rywbeth sy (y)n digwydd mewn diwrnod .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP programmeprogramme.N.F.SG aboutfor.PREP somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN inin.PREP dayday.N.M.SG
  and it's a programme about something that happens in a day.
102GWAam ambulanceCE ["] ?
  aboutfor.PREP ambulanceambulance.N.SG
  for "ambulance"?
270GWAa gawn nhw # chwarae <yn wyllt bonkers@s:eng> [=! laugh] am dair awr .
  andand.CONJ get.3PL.NONPASTget.V.1S.IMPERF+SM.[or].get.V.1P.PRES+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN PRTPRT wildwild.ADJ+SM bonkersbonkers.ADJ forfor.PREP three.Fthree.NUM.F+SM hourhour.N.F.SG
  and they can play wildly bonkers for three hours.
342GWAo'n i (y)n clywed am un lle yn Lloegr .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT hear.NONFINhear.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP oneone.NUM placeplace.N.M.SG inPRT.[or].in.PREP EnglandEngland.N.F.SG.PLACE
  I heard about one place in England.
405GWAam be (y)dach chi wneud .
  aboutfor.PREP whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  about what you're doing.
472GWAam bod hi (y)n # xxx +/ .
  aboutfor.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP
  because it's ...
488GWAoedd o (y)n dweud (wrt)ha i bod o (we)di cael sgwrs efo nhad ## am bethau .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.1Sto_me.PREP+PRON.1S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP conversationget.V.INFIN withchat.N.F.SG father.POSSD.1Swith.PREP aboutfather.N.M.SG+NM thingsfor.PREP things.N.M.PL+SM
  he told me he had had a conversation with my father about things.
516GWAna &n wellCE dim &d [///] yeahCE oedd o isio gweld yr esgob am hynny .
  nono.ADV wellwell.ADV NEGnothing.N.M.SG.[or].not.ADV yeahyeah.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S wantwant.N.M.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF bishopbishop.N.M.SG aboutfor.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP
  yeah, he wanted to see the bishop about that.
524GWA+< methu cysgu nos yn meddwl am y peth .
  fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN sleep.NONFINsleep.V.INFIN nightnight.N.F.SG PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG
  unable to sleep a night thinking about the thing.
639GWAam fasnach deg .
  aboutfor.PREP tradecommerce.N.F.SG+SM fairfair.ADJ+SM
  about fair trade.
643GWAyeahCE am wellCE xxx .
  yeahyeah.ADV aboutfor.PREP wellwell.ADV
  yeah, about, well [...]
648GWAwna i siarad efo nhw am jocolateCE dw i meddwl .
  do.1S.NONPASTdo.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S talk.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P aboutfor.PREP chocolateunk be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN
  I'll talk to them about chocolate, I think.
651GWAos gawn nhw # ddarn o jocolateCE am ddim .
  ifif.CONJ get.3PL.NONPASTget.V.1S.IMPERF+SM.[or].get.V.1P.PRES+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P piecepiece.N.M.SG+SM ofhe.PRON.M.3S chocolateunk forfor.PREP NEGnothing.N.M.SG+SM
  if they get a piece of chocolate for free.
654GWAiawn mi wna i siarad efo nhw am jocolateCE .
  fineOK.ADV PRTPRT.AFF do.1S.NONPASTdo.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S talk.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P aboutfor.PREP chocolateunk
  right, I'll talk to them about chocolate.
854GWAyndy dw i sureCE eu bod nhw (he)fyd am ychydig # &=tut .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S suresure.ADJ POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P alsoalso.ADV forfor.PREP littlea_little.QUAN
  yes, I'm sure they are too, for a while.
872GWAumCE # am Ann_GriffithsCE .
  IMum.IM aboutfor.PREP Ann_Griffithsname
  about Ann Griffiths.
877GWA+< wellCE am wn i .
  wellwell.ADV PRTfor.PREP know.1S.NONPASTknow.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S
  well, as far as I know.
928GWA+< soCE (fa)swn i (ddi)m yn poeni am hynna o_gwbl .
  soso.ADV be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT worry.NONFINworry.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP at_allat_all.ADV
  so I shouldn't worry about that at all.

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