SIARAD - Davies2
Instances of ei for speaker GRE

54GREfydd dy famCE di (y)n gael ei arestio a phethau &=laugh .
  be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S mothermam.N.SG+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S arrest.NONFINarrest.V.INFIN andand.CONJ thingsthings.N.M.PL+AM
  Your mother will be arrested and things!
76GREwellCE timod wnaeth o (ddi)m sbwylio fo naddo achos oedd o (y)n iawn unwaith <iddo fo> [=? wnaeth o] gael ei # llnau doedd .
  wellwell.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM spoil.NONFINspoil.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S nono.ADV.PAST becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT rightOK.ADV onceonce.ADV to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S clean.NONFINunk be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG
  Well, y'know, it didn't spoil it, did it, because it was fine once it got cleaned, wasn't it.
815GREohCE actuallyE # mae # LizCE yn credu # bod hi (y)n Brydeinwraig ond mae hynny (di)m_ond achos gaeth hi (e)i geni yn Llundain # soCE +.. .
  IMoh.IM actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Lizname PRTPRT believe.NONFINbelieve.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTin.PREP British_womanname butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP onlyonly.ADV becausebecause.CONJ get.3S.PASTget.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S POSS.3SFhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S bear.NONFINbe_born.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP LondonLondon.N.F.SG.PLACE soso.ADV
  Oh, actually Liz believes she is British, but that's only because she was born in London, so ...
958GREoedd ganddi jobCE yn fa(n) (y)ma wellCE # rhan amser timod ac oedd hi justCE yn meddwl # waeth iddi aros yn fa(n) (y)ma yn gweithio yn hytrach na byw adref efo (e)i rhieni timod .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF with.3SFwith_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S jobjob.N.SG inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV wellwell.ADV partpart.N.F.SG timetime.N.M.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES andand.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S justjust.ADV PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN worseworse.ADJ.COMP+SM to.3SFto_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S stay.NONFINwait.V.INFIN inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV PRTPRT work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN PRTPRT ratherrather.ADV than(n)or.CONJ live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN homehomewards.ADV withwith.PREP POSS.3SFhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S parentsparents.N.M.PL know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  She had a job here, well, part-time you know, and she just thought she might as well stay here to work rather than live home with her parents, you know.
967GREhi a (e)i chariad .
  PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S andand.CONJ POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S lovelove.N.MF.SG+AM
  Her and her boyfriend.
1014GREohCE [?] mae o (y)n byw efo (e)i gariad rŵan .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN withwith.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S lovelove.N.MF.SG+SM nownow.ADV
  Oh, he lives with his girlfriend now.
1018GREyeahCE dw i meddwl JemimahCE oedd ei enw hi .
  yesyeah.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN Jemimahname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  Yes, I think her name was Jemimah.
1053GREohCE yeahCE wnaeth ddod yn_ôl rywbeth fath â dau funud yn hwyr o (e)i freakE a # wnaeth o # gael sackCE .
  IMoh.IM yesyeah.ADV do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM backback.ADV somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ twotwo.NUM.M minuteminute.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT latelate.ADJ fromof.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S breakfreak.N.SG andand.CONJ do.3S.PRESdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM sacksack.N.SG
  Oh yes, he came back something like two minutes late from his break, and he got the sack.
1274GREdw i (ddi)m (we)di dod ar ei draws o_blaen dw i (ddi)m yn meddwl ond dw i teimlo fel dw i fod i nabod o timod .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN onon.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S crossacross.PREP+SM beforebefore.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN butbut.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S feel.NONFINfeel.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP know.NONFINknow_someone.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  I've not come across him before, I don't think, but I feel like I ought to know him, you know.
1297GREumCE ## dw i (ddi)m yn gwybod ond dw i (y)n justCE (fa)th â [//] (fa)swn i (y)n licio darllen mwy o (e)i waith o timod .
  IMum.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN butbut.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT justjust.ADV kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN read.NONFINread.V.INFIN moremore.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S workwork.N.M.SG+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  Um .. . I don't know, but I just, like .. . I'd like to read more of his work, you know.
1327GRE+, achos bod ei waith o (y)n dda timod .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S workwork.N.M.SG+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT goodgood.ADJ+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  .. . because his work is good, you know.
1444GREohCE fydd ei blant o yn cuteCE !
  IMoh.IM be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S childrenchild.N.M.PL+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT cutecute.ADJ
  Oh, his children will be cute!

Change language


Contact us

bilingualism@bangor.ac.uk


The corpora

The Siarad corpus
The Patagonia corpus
The Miami corpus

davies2: menu


Research Team


Collaborators


Publications


Bangor Autoglosser


Acknowledgements

The support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Welsh Government is gratefully acknowledged.