SIARAD - Davies17
Instances of ymdrech for speaker ROB

214ROBachos <dw i (y)n> [///] # fel pawb sy (we)di dysgu Cymraeg dw meddwl dw i wneud mwy o ymdrech ella # na lotCE o Gymry gymraeg i # drio defnyddio # geiriau Cymraeg drwy (y)r amser (fe)lly # heb # defnyddio geiriau Saesneg .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP likelike.CONJ everybodyeveryone.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP lear.NONFINteach.V.INFIN WelshWelsh.N.F.SG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM moremore.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP efforteffort.N.MF.SG perhapsmaybe.ADV PRT(n)or.CONJ lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP Welsh_peopleWelsh_people.N.M.PL+SM welshunk toto.PREP try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN+SM use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN wordswords.N.M.PL WelshWelsh.N.F.SG throughthrough.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF timetime.N.M.SG thusso.ADV withoutwithout.PREP use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN wordswords.N.M.PL EnglishEnglish.N.F.SG
  because I...like everybody who's learnt Welsh, I think I make more of an effort, perhaps, than a lot of Welsh speakers to try to use Welsh words all the time without using English words
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

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