SIARAD - Davies17
Instances of ni for speaker ROB

166ROBxx dw i meddwl bod o (y)n bityCE <bod nhw> [//] bod ni +/ .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT pitypity.N.SG+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  [...] I think it's a shame that they...that we...
255ROBachos oedd o (y)n # iau na fi pan wnaethon ni symud <i Gy(mru)> [/] i Gymru .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT youngeryounger.ADJ.COMP PRT(n)or.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM whenwhen.CONJ do.1PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P move.NONFINmove.V.INFIN toto.PREP WalesWales.N.F.SG.PLACE+SM toto.PREP WalesWales.N.F.SG.PLACE+SM
  because he was younger than me when we moved to Wa...to Wales
366ROBoedden ni siarad am hyn <yn y> [?] # diwrnod o blaen efo GillCE a FfionCE .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.3PLwe.PRON.1P speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF dayday.N.M.SG ofof.PREP beforefront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP Gillname andand.CONJ Ffionname
  we were talking about this the other day with Gill and Ffion
402ROBond wedyn pan ddaeth GwilCE aton ni # oedd y ddau ohonyn nhw wneud &vv [//] lotCE fwy o ymdrech i [/] i siarad Cymraeg (fe)lly .
  butbut.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV whenwhen.CONJ come.3S.PASTcome.V.3S.PAST+SM Gwilname to.1PLto_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF two.Mtwo.NUM.M+SM of.3PLfrom_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM lotlot.N.SG moremore.ADJ.COMP+SM ofof.PREP efforteffort.N.MF.SG toto.PREP toto.PREP speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN WelshWelsh.N.F.SG thusso.ADV
  but then when Gwil came to us, both of them made a lot more effort to...to speak Welsh, like
434ROBwellCE gafon ni +// .
  wellwell.ADV get.1PL.PASTget.V.1P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  well we got...
435ROBerCE &b erCE llynedd pan oedd [//] gafon [/] gafon ni (y)r partyCE (y)na .
  IMer.IM IMer.IM last_yearlast year.ADV whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF get.1PL.PASTget.V.1P.PAST+SM get.1PL.PASTget.V.1P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P DETthe.DET.DEF partyparty.N.SG therethere.ADV
  er, er, last year when we had that party
438ROBoedd (y)na justCE # groupCE bach ohonon ni ar_ôl fi a GwilCE a [/] # a FfionCE a (e)i gŵr a +/ .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV justjust.ADV groupgroup.N.SG.[or].croup.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ of.1PLfrom_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P backafter.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM andand.CONJ Gwilname andand.CONJ andand.CONJ Ffionname andand.CONJ POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S husbandman.N.M.SG andand.CONJ
  there was just a small group of us left, me and Gwil and Ffion and her husband and...
442ROBa (we)dyn timod y sgwrs (y)na gafon ni # oedd o (y)n mynd yn lloerig yn_doedd erbyn [/] erbyn diwedd timod # am safonau a ballu .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF conversationchat.N.F.SG therethere.ADV get.1PL.PASTget.V.1P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP madunk be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.TAG byby.PREP byby.PREP endend.N.M.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES aboutfor.PREP standardsstandards.N.F.PL andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON
  and then you know, that conversation we had, he was getting mad by...by the end, you know, about standards and so on
454ROBond dyna ni .
  butbut.CONJ therethat_is.ADV PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  but there we are
720ROBond eto mae gyn ti # plwy rightCE mawr yn fan (y)na (y)n_does # <o &r> [/] o ran yn plwy # pabyddol ni (fe)lly .
  butbut.CONJ yetagain.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S parishunk rightright.ADJ bigbig.ADJ inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.TAG ofof.PREP ofof.PREP partpart.N.F.SG+SM POSS.1PLPRT.[or].in.PREP parishunk papistunk PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P thusso.ADV
  yet, you've got quite a big parish there, haven't you, in terms of our catholic parish, like

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