SIARAD - Davies17
Instances of iawn

103ROB<anodd xx> [//] anodd iawn dydy .
  difficultdifficult.ADJ difficultdifficult.ADJ veryvery.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  difficult [...] ...very difficult, isn't it
180ROBtimod dyn nhw (ddi)m yn dallt bod (y)na bobl # sy # mewn ffordd <byth yn> [/] byth yn siarad Saesneg # oni_bai bod nhw allan mewn ryw sefyllfa # timod annaturiol bron neu [?] bron iawn iddyn nhw timod .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES be.3PL.PRES.NEGman.N.M.SG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN therethere.ADV peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL inin.PREP wayway.N.F.SG nevernever.ADV PRTPRT nevernever.ADV PRTPRT speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN EnglishEnglish.N.F.SG unlessunk be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P outout.ADV inin.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM situationsituation.N.F.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES unnaturalunk almostbreast.N.F.SG.[or].almost.ADV oror.CONJ almostbreast.N.F.SG.[or].almost.ADV veryOK.ADV for.3PLto_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P know.2wknow.V.2S.PRES
  you know, they don't understand that there are people who, in a way, never...never speak English, unless they're out in some situation that's, you know unnatural almost, or very nearly, for them, you know
307ROBa [/] <a (e)i> [//] a mae cyfenw hefyd WiseCE (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn enw # &gəm [/] gymreigaidd iawn na(g) (y)dy .
  andand.CONJ andand.CONJ POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES surnamesurname.N.M.SG alsoalso.ADV Wisename be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP namename.N.M.SG welshyunk veryOK.ADV NEGthan.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  and...and his...and the surname too, Wise, it's not a very Welshy name, is it
325ROB+" na mae (y)n iawn Cymraeg fydd iaith y [/] y cartre .
  nono.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT rightOK.ADV WelshWelsh.N.F.SG be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM languagelanguage.N.F.SG DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF homehome.N.M.SG
  "no, it's alright, Welsh will be the language of the home"
335GLAond dydy [/] # dydy hi ddim yn hyderus iawn wrth siarad +/ .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT confidentconfident.ADJ byvery.ADV speak.NONFINby.PREP talk.V.INFIN
  but she's not very confident in speaking...
394ROBohCE da iawn .
  IMoh.IM goodgood.ADJ veryvery.ADV
  oh very good
397ROBachos <dw i &m> [/] dw i meddwl mai Saesneg # mae o (y)n dewis siarad cynta # a FfionCE xx yn yr un ffordd <sy (y)n> [/] # sy (y)n # iawn timod .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS EnglishEnglish.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT choose.NONFINchoose.V.INFIN speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN firstfirst.ORD andand.CONJ Ffionname inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM wayway.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT rightOK.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  because I...I think that it's English that he chooses to speak first, and Ffion [...] in the same way, which is...which is alright, you know
458ROBwneith o (ddi)m gymryd # yn hir iawn .
  do.3S.NONPASTdo.V.3S.FUT+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT longlong.ADJ veryvery.ADV
  it won't take very long
476GLAoes mawr mawr iawn .
  be.3S.PRESage.N.F.SG bigbig.ADJ bigbig.ADJ veryvery.ADV
  yes, very very big
519GLA&m mae # &stv [/] # stafelloedd erCE gwely yn [/] yn [/] yn fawr iawn .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES roomsrooms.N.F.PL IMer.IM bedbed.N.M.SG PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT bigbig.ADJ+SM veryvery.ADV
  the bedrooms are very big
570GLAsoCE umCE # umCE # ohCE erCE # <roedd umCE> [///] # <pan oedd umCE> [/] # umCE # pan oedd Martin_HutchinsCE # yno # <yn umCE> [/] # yn y nawdegau # umCE doedd o dim # umCE yn [/] yn [/] yn fodlon # umCE # byw <yn y> [/] yn y reithordy go iawn .
  soso.ADV IMum.IM IMum.IM IMoh.IM IMer.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF IMum.IM whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF IMum.IM IMum.IM whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Martin_Hutchinsname therethere.ADV inPRT.[or].in.PREP IMum.IM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF ninetiesnineties.N.M.PL IMum.IM be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV IMum.IM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT willingcontent.ADJ+SM IMum.IM live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF rectoryunk ratherrather.ADV rightOK.ADV
  so um, um, oh, er, um...when um...um, when Martin Hutchins was there in um...in the nineties, um, he wouldn't, um, live in the...in the real rectory
605ROBond tydy BlaenauCE (ddi)m yn [/] # yn fawr iawn beth bynnag na(g) (y)dy .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGunk Blaenauname NEGnothing.N.M.SG+SM.[or].not.ADV+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT bigbig.ADJ+SM veryvery.ADV whatthing.N.M.SG+SM ever-ever.ADJ NEGthan.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  but Blaenau isn't very big, is it
629ROBiawn bore dydd Sul (fe)lly .
  rightOK.ADV morningmorning.N.M.SG dayday.N.M.SG SundaySunday.N.M.SG thusso.ADV
  alright on Sunday morning, like
634GLAohCE mae nhw wedi bod yn [/] yn groesawus iawn .
  IMoh.IM be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT welcomingwelcoming.ADJ+SM veryvery.ADV
  oh they've been very welcoming
661ROBohCE da iawn .
  IMoh.IM goodgood.ADJ veryvery.ADV
  oh very good
666ROBohCE da iawn .
  IMoh.IM goodgood.ADJ veryvery.ADV
  oh very good
727GLA<mae (y)n> [/] mae (y)n oddCE iawn .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT oddodd.ADJ veryvery.ADV
  it's...it's very strange

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