SIARAD - Davies4
Instances of bach for speaker OSW

231OSWwsti be CynddylanCE bach o'n i methu coelio myn diawl .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT Cynddylanname smallsmall.ADJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN believe.NONFINbelieve.V.INFIN byinsist.V.2S.IMPER devilunk
  you know what, Cynddylan, I couldn't believe it, by hell
300OSWa finnau (we)di arfer yn y nghae bach i .
  andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.EMPH.1S+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S fieldclose.V.3S.PRES+NM smallsmall.ADJ PRON.1Sto.PREP
  with me being so used to my little field
674OSW+< a (y)r hen gi bach de .
  andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ dogdog.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM
  and the old dog, you know
795OSWa caeau bach gyn i (y)n [/] # yn PorthcwyfanCE de eglwys bach y môr de .
  andand.CONJ fieldsfields.N.M.PL smallsmall.ADJ withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S inPRT.[or].in.PREP inin.PREP Porthcwyfanname TAGbe.IM+SM churchchurch.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF seasea.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  and I've got little fields in...in Porthcwyfan, you know, little church by the sea, you know
795OSWa caeau bach gyn i (y)n [/] # yn PorthcwyfanCE de eglwys bach y môr de .
  andand.CONJ fieldsfields.N.M.PL smallsmall.ADJ withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S inPRT.[or].in.PREP inin.PREP Porthcwyfanname TAGbe.IM+SM churchchurch.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF seasea.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  and I've got little fields in...in Porthcwyfan, you know, little church by the sea, you know
871OSWa gwneud dy fyd bach dy hun de .
  andand.CONJ do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S worldworld.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S selfself.PRON.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  and make your own little world, isn't it
929OSW+, fel (yn)a efo mys (fe)lly sti fel mae rywun (d)ipyn bach yn # boldCE mewn ffordd te .
  likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV withwith.PREP finger.POSSD.1Sfinger.N.M.SG+NM thusso.ADV know.2Syou_know.IM likelike.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ PRTPRT boldbold.ADJ inin.PREP wayway.N.F.SG TAGbe.IM
  like that with my finger, like, you know, as one does, a little bit bold in a way, you know
933OSWoedd y creadur bach yn meddwl bod fi [//] # (ry)wbeth yn wrongCE yli de .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF creaturecreature.N.M.SG smallsmall.ADJ PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT wrongwrong.ADJ see.2S.IMPERyou_know.IM TAGbe.IM+SM
  the poor thing thought that I...something was wrong, you see, isn't it
1061OSWmae gyn i isio chwalu dipyn bach o # giwana # i [/] i ddechrau (y)r cae (y)r gwair offCE de .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S wantwant.N.M.SG strew.NONFINscatter.V.INFIN a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ ofof.PREP guanounk toto.PREP toto.PREP start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF fieldfield.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF grasshay.N.M.SG offoff.PREP TAGbe.IM+SM
  I want to strew a little bit of guana to...to start off the hay-field, you know
1149OSW<ohCE mae> [///] ti gweld oedd [/] oedd gynnon ni ryw batchCE bach yn [?] [//] flaen tŷ (a)cw .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF with.1PLwith_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P somesome.PREQ+SM batchbatch.N.SG.[or].patch.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ inPRT frontfront.N.M.SG+SM househouse.N.M.SG thereover there.ADV
  oh, you see, we had a little patch in front of the house
1369OSWa wedyn <o'n i> [//] oeddwn i # yna # ar ryw gwrs bach dydd Sadwrn (y)li .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S therethere.ADV onon.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM coursecourse.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ dayday.N.M.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG see.2S.IMPERyou_know.IM
  and then I was...I was there on some course on Saturday, you see

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