SIARAD - Davies2
Instances of sy for speaker GRE

341GREna dau fis sy ganddi ar_ôl meddai hi de .
  nono.ADV twotwo.NUM.M monthmonth.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.3SFwith_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S afterafter.PREP say.3S.NONPASTsay.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S TAGbe.IM+SM
  No, she has two months left, she said, isn't it.
378GRElle # dw i meddwl mai stafell gotiau neu (rhyw)beth sy (y)na lawr rŵan +/ .
  placewhere.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS roomroom.N.F.SG coatscoat.N.F.PL+SM oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL therethere.ADV downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM nownow.ADV
  Where, I think, there's a cloakroom or something down there now ...
767GREtwel # yr unig beth sy gynno chdi ydy deu(d) (wr)thyn nhw lle i fynd neu rywbeth .
  PRON.2S_seesee.V.2S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF onlyonly.PREQ thingwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.2Swith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.3PLto_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P whereplace.N.M.SG PRTto.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM
  You see, the only thing you have is to tell them where to go, or something.
808GRE<yr unig bobl sy (y)n credu yn Prydain Fawr ydy Saeson> ["] .
  DETthe.DET.DEF onlyonly.PREQ peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT believe.NONFINbelieve.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP BritainBritain.N.F.SG.PLACE Greatname be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES English_peoplename
  "The only people who believe in Great Britain are the English" .
813GREdw i (ddi)m yn meddwl bod fi (we)di cyfarfod dim un Albanwr na Gwyddel # sy isio bod yn Brydeinwr [?] .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP meet.NONFINmeet.V.INFIN NEGnot.ADV oneone.NUM Scotsmanname nor(n)or.CONJ Irishmanname be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL wantwant.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTin.PREP British_personname
  I don't think I've met one Scotsman or Irishman who wants to be British.
974GRE+< mae lotCE o bobl sy (y)n dod yma +// .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN herehere.ADV
  A lot of the people who come here
975GREyeahCE # lotCE o bobl sy (y)n dod yma thoughE (fa)th â yn dod o drefi # wellCE o ddinasoedd anferth dydy .
  yesyeah.ADV lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN herehere.ADV thoughthough.CONJ kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN fromhe.PRON.M.3S townstowns.N.F.PL+SM wellwell.ADV fromof.PREP citiescities.N.F.PL+SM hugehuge.ADJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  Yes, a lot of people who come here, though, like, come from towns, well, huge cities don't they.
1276GREond umCE &=sigh mae (y)na (y)r [?] boyCE (y)ma RhysCE sy yn y gwersi justCE fo (y)dy (y)r unig hogyn a mae o (y)n sgwennu (y)n dda timod .
  butbut.CONJ IMum.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF boyboy.N.SG herehere.ADV Rhysname be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF lessonslessons.N.F.PL justjust.ADV.[or].just.ADJ PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF onlyonly.PREQ boylad.N.M.SG andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN PRTPRT goodgood.ADJ+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  But there's this boy, Rhys, who's in the lessons, just he's the only boy, and he writes well, you know.
1301GRE+" be ydach chi (y)n meddwl sy (y)n wrongCE efo hwn ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT wrongwrong.ADJ withwith.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG then
  "what do you think is wrong with this, then?"
1310GRE+" be sy bod efo hwn ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN withwith.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  "What's wrong with this?"
1423GREa wedyn # mae (y)na un sy rightCE drud a mae (y)na un sy ddim .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthere.ADV oneone.NUM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTright.ADJ rightexpensive.ADJ expensiveand.CONJ andbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESthere.ADV DETone.NUM onebe.V.3S.PRES.REL be.PRES.RELnot.ADV+SM NEG
  And then there's one that's quite expensive, and there's one that isn't.
1423GREa wedyn # mae (y)na un sy rightCE drud a mae (y)na un sy ddim .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthere.ADV oneone.NUM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTright.ADJ rightexpensive.ADJ expensiveand.CONJ andbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESthere.ADV DETone.NUM onebe.V.3S.PRES.REL be.PRES.RELnot.ADV+SM NEG
  And then there's one that's quite expensive, and there's one that isn't.
1518GREdim nhw sy (y)n gorfod agor o ?
  NEGnothing.N.M.SG.[or].not.ADV PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN open.NONFINopen.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  Isn't it them that have to open it?

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