SIARAD - Davies17
Instances of sefyllfa for speaker ROB

29ROBwedyn [?] mae hynny (y)n sefyllfa # anodd dydy .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP situationsituation.N.F.SG difficultdifficult.ADJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  so that's a difficult situation, isn't it
41ROBerCE ydy (y)r sefyllfa wahanol yn Lloegr wedyn yndy ?
  IMer.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF situationsituation.N.F.SG differentdifferent.ADJ+SM inPRT.[or].in.PREP EnglandEngland.N.F.SG.PLACE thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  er, is the situation different in England then, is it?
113ROBsefyllfa oddCE dydy feddwl pryd digwyddodd hynny .
  situationsituation.N.F.SG oddodd.ADJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM whenwhen.INT.[or].time.N.M.SG happen.3S.PASThappen.V.3S.PAST thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP
  a strange situation, isn't it, to think when that happened
156ROBac <oedd hi (y)n> [//] oedd hi (we)di # meddwl mai (y)r un sefyllfa # o'n i (fe)lly ond bod o # dipyn [//] fel yn groes os rywbeth .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM situationsituation.N.F.SG be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S thusso.ADV butbut.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM PRTlike.CONJ acrossPRT ifcross.N.F.SG+SM somethingif.CONJ something.N.M.SG+SM
  and she was...she thought I had the same situation, like, but that it was a bit...the opposite if something
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
183ROBtimod ella fod o yn yr un # math o sefyllfa timod .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES perhapsmaybe.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM kindtype.N.F.SG ofof.PREP situationsituation.N.F.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  you know, perhaps he's in the same kind of situation, you know
190ROBachos [?] dyna (y)r sefyllfa efo GlynCE yn_de # bod o justCE ddim (we)di arfer siarad Saesneg +/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ therethat_is.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF situationsituation.N.F.SG withwith.PREP Glynname TAGisn't_it.IM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S justjust.ADV NEGnothing.N.M.SG+SM.[or].not.ADV+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN EnglishEnglish.N.F.SG
  because that's the situation with Glyn, you know, that he's just not used to speaking English...
431ROBmae holl sefyllfa (y)n +.. .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES completeall.PREQ situationsituation.N.F.SG PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP
  the whole situation is...
719ROBfel dw deud mae BangorCE yn [/] yn sefyllfa wahanol am ryw reswm .
  likelike.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Bangorname PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP situationsituation.N.F.SG differentdifferent.ADJ+SM forfor.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM reasonreason.N.M.SG+SM
  as I say, Bangor is a different situation for some reason

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