SIARAD - Davies2
Instances of bach for speaker GRE

84GREoedd o bach yn rhyfedd .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S littlesmall.ADJ PRTPRT strangestrange.ADJ
  It was a bit strange.
357GREpawb justCE timod bach yn dan dîn doedd .
  everyoneeveryone.PRON justjust.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES littlesmall.ADJ PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP underunder.PREP.[or].be.V.1P.PRES.[or].until.PREP+SM arseunk be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG
  Everyone was a little bit underhanded, weren't they.
450GRE&=laugh <JonsiCE a JonsiCE bach> ["] &=laugh .
  Jonsiname andand.CONJ Jonsiname littlesmall.ADJ
  "Jonsi and Little Jonsi" .
452GREJons(i)CE [///] oedd mamCE isio fi alw (y)n hun yn <JonsiCE bach> ["] ar rhaglen fi .
  IMname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Mothermam.N.SG wantwant.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM POSS.1Sin.PREP selfself.PRON.SG PRTin.PREP Jonsiname littlesmall.ADJ onon.PREP programmeprogramme.N.F.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  Mum wanted me to call myself "Little Jonsi" on my programme.
497GREbach rhy agos rai de &=laugh .
  littlesmall.ADJ tootoo.ADJ closenear.ADJ somesome.PRON+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  Some a little too close, eh!
558GREmae o bach yn nutsE [?] yndy ?
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S littlesmall.ADJ PRTPRT nutsnut.N.PL.[or].nuts.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  It's a little bit nuts, isn't it?
602GREo'n i bach erCE # (we)di &ʃom [/] (we)di siomi efo (y)r erCE caws reallyE sti .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S littlesmall.ADJ IMer.IM PRT.PASTafter.PREP PRT.PASTafter.PREP disappoint.NONFINdisappoint.V.INFIN withwith.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM cheesecheese.N.M.SG reallyreal.ADJ+ADV know.2Syou_know.IM
  I was a little disappointed with the cheese really, you know.
854GREbe am yr filmCE bach (y)na ?
  whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF filmfilm.N.SG littlesmall.ADJ therethere.ADV
  What about that little film?
977GREtimod a wedyn [//] neu o (y)r gwrthwyneb timod o bentre bach .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV oror.CONJ fromof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oppositeopposite.N.M.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES fromhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP villagevillage.N.M.SG+SM littlesmall.ADJ
  You know, and then .. . or the opposite, you know, from little villages.
997GREwellCE wnaeth o ddeud (fa)th â mae (y)r lle mae o (y)n byw # fath â pentre bach ydy o .
  wellwell.ADV do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF placeplace.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP villagevillage.N.M.SG smallsmall.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  Well, he said, like, the place where he lives, it's, like, a little village.
1203GRE&=laugh (fa)sa hynna bach yn oddCE basa .
  be.3S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP littlesmall.ADJ PRTPRT oddodd.ADJ be.3S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF
  That would be a bit odd, wouldn't it?
1335GREmae o (y)n aml yn gallu fath â cael rhyw # chatCE bach amdano fo timod .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT oftenfrequent.ADJ PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ get.NONFINget.V.INFIN somesome.PREQ chatchat.N.SG littlesmall.ADJ about.3SMfor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  He can often, like, have a little chat about it, you know.
1495GRErhoid un bach slyCE .
  put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN.[or].give.V.0.IMPERF oneone.NUM littlesmall.ADJ slysly.ADJ
  Put in a little sly one.

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