SIARAD - Davies5
Instances of ages for speaker COL

216COLbyddan oherwydd fyddan ni (ddi)m (we)di gweld ein_gilydd ers agesE na fyddan .
  be.1PL.FUTbe.V.3P.FUT becausebecause.CONJ be.1PL.FUTbe.V.3P.FUT+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN each_othereach_other.PRON.1P sincesince.PREP agesunk NEGPRT.NEG be.1PL.FUTbe.V.3P.FUT+SM
  yes, because we won't have seen each other for ages, will we
228COLoherwydd mae (y)n cymryd agesE i insuranceCE chdi dod lawr .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN agesunk forto.PREP insuranceinsurance.N.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN downdown.ADV
  because it takes ages for your insurance to come down
287COL<wnes i> [//] dw (ddi)m (we)di siarad xx ers agesE actuallyE .
  do.1S.PASTdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN sincesince.PREP agesunk actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV
  I...I haven't spoken [...] for ages actually

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