SIARAD - Davies4
Instances of ballu for speaker OSW

278OSWa wsti hogiau ballu o [/] o [/] # o BangorCE (y)ma (a)chan # wedi symud wedi emigrate_ioE+cym te .
  andand.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES boyslads.N.M.PL suchsuchlike.PRON fromof.PREP fromof.PREP fromfrom.PREP Bangorname herehere.ADV boyunk PRT.PASTafter.PREP move.NONFINmove.V.INFIN PRT.PASTafter.PREP emigrate.NONFINemigrate.SV.INFIN TAGbe.IM
  and you know, lads and so on from...from...from here in Bangor, mate, who moved, who emigrated, you know
302OSWarrive_ioE+cym [?] (y)n y cae (y)ma rŵan # a (y)r buchod a (y)r HerefordsCE (y)ma ballu .
  arrive.NONFINarrive.SV.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF fieldfield.N.M.SG herehere.ADV nownow.ADV andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF cowcows.N.F.PL andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF Herefordsname herehere.ADV suchsuchlike.PRON
  arriving in this field now, and these cows and these Herefords and so on
315OSWa wedyn Duw (a)chan ar_ôl ni fod ar y busCE am ryw hanner awr # <mi oedd yr erCE> [/] # mi oedd <yr erCE> [/] # y dreifar y courierCE isio ti ddeud pwy oeddet ti a ballu sti .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV Godname boyunk afterafter.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF busbus.N.SG.[or].pus.N.SG+SM forfor.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM halfhalf.N.M.SG hourhour.N.F.SG PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM DETthe.DET.DEF driverunk DETthe.DET.DEF couriercourier.N.SG wantwant.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM whowho.PRON be.2S.IMPbe.V.2S.IMPERF PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON know.2Syou_know.IM
  and then, God, after being on the bus for about half an hour, the, er...the, er...the driver, the courier wanted you to say who you were and so on, you know
1125OSWa wedyn beth calla i chdi (peta)set ti (y)n gweld erCE # rywun yn flatten_ioE+cym neu wsti erCE fysai rywun yn # torri sylfaen i ryw dŷ ballu xxx .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV thingwhat.INT most_sensibleunk forto.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S if_be.2S.CONDITbe.V.2S.PLUPERF.HYP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN IMer.IM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT flatten.nonfnflatten.V.INFIN oror.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES IMer.IM be.3S.CONDITfinger.V.3S.IMPERF+SM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT cut.NONFINbreak.V.INFIN foundationfoundation.N.F.SG forto.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM househouse.N.M.SG+SM suchsuchlike.PRON
  and then the best thing for you would be if you saw, er, somebody flattening or, you know, er, if somebody was cutting out a foundation for some house or something [...]
1163OSWa xx roundCE y coed a ballu .
  andand.CONJ roundround.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF treestrees.N.F.PL andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON
  and [...] round the trees and so on

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