SIARAD - Fusser11
Instances of am for speaker BED

96BED+< &=clears_throat <ond erCE umCE yn y> [///] ia siarad am y salesCE <o'n i> [=? o'n ni] wrth_gwrs .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM IMum.IM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF yesyes.ADV speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF salesunk be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S of_courseof_course.ADV
  but er, um, in the...yes, I was talking about the sales, of course
234BED(doe)s (yn)a (ddi)m sôn am bethau fel (yn)a heddiw .
  be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG therethere.ADV NEGnot.ADV+SM mentionmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP thingsthings.N.M.PL+SM likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV todaytoday.ADV
  there's nothing like that these days
252BEDwellCE # ddeud y gwir xx [//] i rywun newid oilCE fel mae rywun i fod i wneud a filterCE # Duw (ba)sai (y)r carCE wneud am byth .
  wellwell.ADV say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF truthtruth.N.M.SG forto.PREP somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN oiloil.N.SG likelike.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM toto.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM andand.CONJ filterfilter.N.SG.[or].milter.N.SG+SM Godname be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF DETthe.DET.DEF carcar.N.SG do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM forfor.PREP evernever.ADV
  well, to tell the truth [...] ...if you change the oil like you're supposed to, and the filter, God, the car would last forever
605BEDneu xxx weithiau (y)n gorod talu am dorri te rhei dod yna i dorri ballu te .
  oror.CONJ sometimestimes.N.F.PL+SM PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN pay.NONFINpay.V.INFIN forfor.PREP cut.NONFINbreak.V.INFIN+SM TAGtea.N.M.SG somesome.PRON come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN therethere.ADV toto.PREP cut.NONFINbreak.V.INFIN+SM suchsuchlike.PRON TAGbe.IM
  or [...] sometimes had to pay for cutting, you know, some came there to cut and so on, you know
948BED(we)dyn fyddai [/] # fyddai [///] erCE erCE &d oedd gynno fo drafaeliwr dod roundCE (fe)lly bob erCE # &dɨd &bʊd cofio am [?] bore Sadwrn oedd hi .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.COND+SM be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.COND+SM IMer.IM IMer.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF with.3SMwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S travellerunk come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN roundround.ADJ thusso.ADV everyeach.PREQ+SM IMer.IM remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP morningmorning.N.M.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG.[or].Saturn.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  then, er, er, he had a [commercial] traveller who came round, like, every, er, remember it was Saturday mornings
955BEDdoedda chdi (ddi)m yn cael nhw am ddim .
  be.2S.IMPunk PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P forfor.PREP NEGnothing.N.M.SG+SM
  you didn't get them for free
1065BED(dde)uda i fel hyn # nos Sul # ar_ôl bod yn capel xxx bod yn wneud # cerdded # i_fyny # ar [//] am erCE erCE CoetmorCE # ar_hyd f(an) yna ac i_lawr Coed_UchaCE # a i_lawr wedyn trwy (y)r ffriddoedd (y)na i_lawr <i &g> [/] i &bɛ +// .
  say.1S.NONPASTsay.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S likelike.CONJ thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP nightnight.N.F.SG SundaySunday.N.M.SG afterafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP chapelchapel.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM walk.NONFINwalk.V.INFIN upup.ADV onon.PREP forfor.PREP IMer.IM IMer.IM Coetmorname alongalong.PREP placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV andand.CONJ downdown.ADV Coed_Uchaname andand.CONJ downdown.ADV thenafterwards.ADV throughthrough.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF moorsunk therethere.ADV downdown.ADV toto.PREP toto.PREP
  I'll tell it like this, Sunday night after going to chapel [...] been doing, walking up for, er, er, Coetmor, along there and down to Coed Ucha and down then through those moors [?] to...to...
1067BEDmynd am dro oedden ni +/ .
  go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN forfor.PREP turnturn.N.M.SG+SM be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  we'd go for a walk...
1074BEDa parkCE erCE erCE Bryn_MeurigCE # oedden ni (y)n chwarae fan (y)na # am oriau .
  andand.CONJ parkpark.N.SG IMer.IM IMer.IM Bryn_Meurigname be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV forfor.PREP hourshours.N.F.PL
  and er, er, Bryn Meurig park, we'd play there for hours
1124BEDohCE na (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m isio gwybod am (r)heina .
  IMoh.IM nono.ADV be.3PL.PRES.NEGbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM wantwant.N.M.SG know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP thosethose.PRON
  oh no, they don't want to know about them
1158BED<a mae> [?] diolch am hynny de .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thankthank.V.INFIN forfor.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP TAGbe.IM+SM
  and we have to be thankful for that, you know
1162BED(dy)dy o (ddi)m ots be (y)dy o # mae nhw am wneud +// .
  be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM matterproblem.N.M.SG whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES pon.3PLthey.PRON.3P forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  it doesn't matter what it is, they want to...
1232BEDa toeddwn [?] i weithiau te am stopio (y)r ci cyn (i)ddo gael ei xx .
  andand.CONJ be.1S.IMP.NEGunk PRON.1Sto.PREP sometimestimes.N.F.PL+SM TAGtea.N.M.SG forfor.PREP stop.NONFINstop.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF dogdog.N.M.SG beforebefore.PREP for.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S
  and I sometimes, right, wanted to stop the dog before it got its [...]
1314BEDfyddan ni ddeud te am xxx te +" .
  be.1PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.FUT+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM TAGtea.N.M.SG aboudfor.PREP TAGbe.IM
  we'd say, you know, about [...] you know
1323BEDwedyn # dw i cofio umCE erCE (y)r hen Eilir_WernCE yn deud (wr)tha fi te # ac am be (y)dy o werth mi (dd)euda i eto xx (y)n deud (wr)tha fi +"/ .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN IMum.IM IMer.IM DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ Eilir_Wernname PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.1Sto_me.PREP+PRON.1S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM TAGtea.N.M.SG andand.CONJ forfor.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S worthsell.V.3S.PRES+SM.[or].value.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT.AFF say.1S.NONPASTsay.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S againagain.ADV PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.1Sto_me.PREP+PRON.1S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  so, I remember, um, er, old Eilir Wern telling me, right, and for what it's worth I'll say it again, [...] told me:
1368BED+" <yn mynd ar_ôl ei> [/] ei [///] pan oedd isio lladd xxx i hela (fe)lly stalk_ioE+cym fo am hir .
  PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN afterafter.PREP POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF wantwant.N.M.SG kill.NONFINkill.V.INFIN toto.PREP hunt.NONFINhunt.V.INFIN thusso.ADV stalk.NONFINstalk.N.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S forfor.PREP longlong.ADJ
  "going after its...its...when it wanted to kill [...] stalking it for a long time"
1425BEDond am bod (we)di [?] weld o (y)n y ci defaid mae nhw isio [?] deud bod o (y)no fo (a)r_hyd yr amser .
  butbut.CONJ forfor.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF dogdog.N.M.SG sheepsheep.N.F.PL be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P wantwant.N.M.SG say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S in.3SMthere.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S alongalong.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF timetime.N.M.SG
  but because [they ?] have seen it in sheep-dogs, they want to say it's been in them all along
1480BED+, am (n)a (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn dy siwtio di .
  becausefor.PREP PRTPRT.NEG be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S suit.NONFINsuit.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM
  because it doesn't suit you

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