SIARAD - Davies15
Instances of bach

66NELo'n i meddwl (ba)sai fan (y)na (y)n le bach rightCE niceCE i fynd yn hen de .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV PRTPRT placeplace.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ rightright.ADJ nicenice.ADJ toto.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT oldold.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM
  I thought that would be quite a nice place to grow old, you know
353NEL+" mmmCE dw meddwl bod (y)na (y)chydig bach mwy iddo fo na hynna .
  IMmmm.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN therethere.ADV a_littlea_little.QUAN smallsmall.ADJ moremore.ADJ.COMP to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTthan.CONJ thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP
  "mmm, I think there's a little bit more to it than that"
509NELa ti teimlo (y)chydig bach yn annifyr mynd tu nôl cefn y boyCE (y)na wneud hynna (he)fyd de .
  andand.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S feel.NONFINfeel.V.INFIN a_littlea_little.QUAN smallsmall.ADJ PRTPRT unpleasantannoying.ADJ go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN sideside.N.M.SG backback.ADV.[or].fetch.V.INFIN backback.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF boyboy.N.SG therethere.ADV do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP alsoalso.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  and you feel a little bit bad going behind that guy's back doing that, you know
588NELa mae hi (we)di cael babi bach .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN babybaby.N.MF.SG smallsmall.ADJ
  and she's had a little baby
630TEGwedyn # mae sureCE a i justCE cyfarfod nhw am ## diod bach .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ go.1S.NONPASTand.CONJ PRON.1Sto.PREP justjust.ADV meet.NONFINmeet.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P forfor.PREP drinkdrink.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ
  so I'll probably just go meet them for a little drink
634TEGwedyn dw i am gael # noswaith bach ddistaw # nos fory &=laugh # wedyn mynd i Manceinion dydd Sadwrn .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S forfor.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM nightevening.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ quietsilent.ADJ+SM nightnight.N.F.SG tomorrowtomorrow.ADV thenafterwards.ADV go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP Manchestername dayday.N.M.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG
  so I'm going to have a quiet little night tomorrow night, then go to Manchester on Saturday
858NEL+" xxx ti (ddi)m yn meindio cleisio (y)chydig bach nag wyt .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT mind.NONFINmind.V.INFIN bruise.NONFINbruise.V.INFIN a_littlea_little.QUAN smallsmall.ADJ NEGthan.CONJ be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES
  "[...] you don't mind bruising a little bit, do you"
862TEG+" umCE # actuallyE yndw dw i meindio # cleisio dipyn bach .
  IMum.IM actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES.EMPH be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S mind.NONFINmind.V.INFIN bruise.NONFINbruise.V.INFIN a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ
  "um, actually yes, I do mind bruising a little bit"
892TEGoedd o justCE un bach .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S justjust.ADV oneone.NUM smallsmall.ADJ
  it was just a small one
928TEGxxx FiestaCE (y)n bach da de .
  Fiestaname PRTPRT smallsmall.ADJ goodbe.IM+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  [...] Fiesta a good little one, you know

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