SIARAD - Davies2
Instances of dechrau

180GWYohCE [?] mae dechrau sôn am un peth .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP oneone.NUM thingthing.N.M.SG
  She starts mentioning one thing.
382GREond umCE mae (y)r studiosCE yn cael eu # dechrau adeiladu fan (y)na # yn lle .
  butbut.CONJ IMum.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF studiosstudio.N.SG+PL PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P start.NONFINbeginning.N.M.SG.[or].begin.V.INFIN build.NONFINbuild.V.INFIN placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV inin.PREP placewhere.INT
  But the studios are beginning to be built there instead.
424GWYachos # os ti (y)n dechrau gweithio ar rywbeth fel (yn)a +// .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN onon.PREP somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  Because if you start working on something like that...
710GWYfelly dw i wedi ffeindio (y)n hun yn dechrau gwatsiad teledu trwy (y)r amser .
  thusso.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP find.NONFINfind.V.INFIN POSS.1Sin.PREP selfself.PRON.SG PRTPRT start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN watch.NONFINunk televisiontelevision.N.M.SG.[or].televise.V.INFIN throughthrough.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF timetime.N.M.SG
  So I've found myself starting to watch television all the time.
1164GWYmae mamCE yn dechrau mynd yn rightCE stressedE .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES mothermam.N.SG PRTPRT start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN PRTPRT rightright.ADJ stressedstress.N.SG+AV
  Mum is starting to get quite stressed.
1236GWYdyna pryd mae (y)r gwyliau haf yn dechrau ?
  therethat_is.ADV whenwhen.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF holidaysholidays.N.F.PL summersummer.N.M.SG PRTPRT start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN
  Is that when the summer holidays start?
1278GRE+< sgwennu creadigol fath â [/] fath â oeddan ni gorfod sgwennu darn umCE # sôn am dechrau ["] .
  write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN creativecreative.ADJ kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN piecepiece.N.M.SG IMum.IM mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP begin.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN
  Creative writing, like we had to write a piece about "beginning" .
1279GREdechrau ["] oedd y titleCE timod .
  begin.NONFINbeginning.N.M.SG.[or].begin.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF titletitle.N.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  The title was "beginning", you know.
1515GREyeahCE dechrau # trustE fundE neu rywbeth iddo fo .
  yesyeah.ADV start.NONFINbeginning.N.M.SG.[or].begin.V.INFIN trusttrust.SV.INFIN.[or].trust.N.SG fundfund.N.SG oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  Yes, start a trust fund or something for it.

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