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Instances of bach

22AEDia (we)dyn dyna be o'n i meddwl wneud gwerthu (y)r hen vanCE # a prynu car bach .
  yesyes.ADV thenafterwards.ADV therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM sell.NONFINsell.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ vanvan.N.SG andand.CONJ buy.NONFINbuy.V.INFIN carcar.N.M.SG smallsmall.ADJ
  yes, so that's what I was thinking of doing, selling the old van and buying a little car
38AEDia hogan bach niceCE ofnadwy .
  yesyes.ADV girlgirl.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ nicenice.ADJ terribleterrible.ADJ
  yes, a very nice girl
44AEDwellCE o (y)n garCE bach glân # heb bod rhy fawr de taclus .
  wellwell.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP PRTPRT carcar.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ cleanclean.ADJ withoutwithout.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN tootoo.ADJ bigbig.ADJ+SM TAGsouth.N.M.SG.[or].right.N.M.SG.[or].tea.N.M.SG+SM tidytidy.ADJ
  well, it was a clean little car, without being too big, you know, neat
49AEDa be arall oedd (y)na un glân ofnadwy # umCE # erCE Nissan_MicraCE bach .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT otherother.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV oneone.NUM cleanclean.ADJ terribleterrible.ADJ IMum.IM IMer.IM Nissan_Micraname smallsmall.ADJ
  and what else was there, a really neat one, um, er, a little Nissan Micra
190BED<mae rywun> [?] [///] xxx [//] ella fod nhw wneud (di)pyn bach llai (e)lla [?] tenE [/] # tenE twelveE thousandE .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM perhapsmaybe.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP perhapsmaybe.ADV tenten.NUM tenten.NUM twelvetwelve.NUM thousandthousand.NUM
  one.. . [...] ...perhaps they do a little bit less, perhaps ten...ten or twelve thousand
213BED<mae o> [//] mae hwnna well injan o lawer na injan sy (y)n cael mond wneud ryw fileageE bach a stopio startio .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM engineengine.N.F.SG ofof.PREP muchmany.QUAN+SM PRT(n)or.CONJ engineengine.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN onlybond.N.M.SG+NM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM somesome.PREQ+SM mileageunk smallsmall.ADJ andand.CONJ stop.NONFINstop.V.INFIN start.NONFINunk
  it's...that's a better engine by far than an engine that only gets to do some low mileage and stop start
245BEDyeahCE wellCE wrth_gwrs dw (ddi)m yn deud mae designE (we)di newid (di)pyn bach .
  yeahyeah.ADV wellwell.ADV of_courseof_course.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES designdesign.SV.INFIN PRT.PASTafter.PREP change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ
  yeah well, I don't say, the design has changed a little bit
487AEDa fydd(ai) [?] gynno fo ryw bottleCE bach # milkE ofE magnesiaCE yeahCE # at ei stumog .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.COND+SM with.3SMwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S somesome.PREQ+SM bottlebottle.N.SG.[or].pottle.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ milkmilk.N.SG ofof.PREP magnesiamagnesia.N.SG yeahyeah.ADV forto.PREP POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S stomachstomach.N.F.SG
  and he had a little bottle, milk of magnesia, for his stomach
624AEDohCE peth arall <o'n nhw> [?] wneud ers_talwm umCE [?] amser yr chwarel de oedd # os oedd (y)na farmCE neu dyddyn bach # hefo rwdins neu dipyn o datws # oedden nhw rhoid rhes doedden os (y)na rywun dod (y)na i helpu doedd .
  IMoh.IM thingthing.N.M.SG otherother.ADJ be.3PL.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM in_the_pastfor_some_time.ADV IMum.IM timetime.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF quarrypane.N.M.SG+AM TAGbe.IM+SM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF ifif.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV farmfarm.N.SG oror.CONJ smallholdingunk smallsmall.ADJ withwith.PREP+H swedesunk oror.CONJ a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP potatoespotatoes.N.F.PL+SM be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN rowrow.N.F.SG be.3PL.IMP.NEGbe.V.3P.IMPERF.NEG ifif.CONJ therethere.ADV somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN therethere.ADV toto.PREP help.NONFINhelp.V.INFIN be.3PL.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG
  oh another thing they used to do, um, at the time of the quarry, right, was if there was a farm or a little smallholding that had swede or some potatoes, they gave a row, didn't they, if somebody came there to help, didn't they
778AEDerCE oedd [?] # pobl y dre a pobl y [/] y [/] yr erCE [=? y] cefn gwlad yn dallt ei_gilydd (di)pyn bach mwy .
  IMer.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF peoplepeople.N.F.SG DETthe.DET.DEF towntown.N.F.SG+SM andand.CONJ peoplepeople.N.F.SG DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM backback.N.M.SG countrycountry.N.F.SG PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN each_othereach_other.PRON.3SP a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ moremore.ADJ.COMP
  er, people from the towns and people from the...the...the, er, countryside understood each other a little better
933AEDac oeddech chi (y)n cael eich gwobrwyo mewn ffordd os oedd (y)na (d)ipyn bach dros ben # cael ryw drowsus heb dwll yno fo rywbeth neu pâr o sanau neu # (rhyw)beth fel (yn)a de .
  andand.CONJ be.2PL.IMPbe.V.2P.IMPERF PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P reward.NONFINreward.V.INFIN inin.PREP wayway.N.F.SG ifif.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ overover.PREP+SM headhead.N.M.SG+SM get.NONFINget.V.INFIN somesome.PREQ+SM trouserstrousers.N.M.SG+SM withoutwithout.PREP holehole.N.M.SG+SM in.3SMthere.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM oror.CONJ pairpair.N.M.SG ofof.PREP sockssocks.N.F.PL oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  and you were rewarded in a way if there was a little left over, got some trousers without a hole in them or something, or a pair of socks or something, isn't it
936AEDond rŵan erCE diawl &d matterCE bach (y)dy yn fa(n) (y)ma hyd_(y)n_oed # i AledCE umCE (e)i [=? i] fam o wneud chequeCE am # wyth_deg o bunnau # am ryw gamesCE &kəvr [/] cyfrififiadur de .
  butbut.CONJ nownow.ADV IMer.IM devilunk mattermatter.N.SG smallsmall.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV eveneven.ADV forto.PREP Aledname IMum.IM POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S mothermother.N.F.SG+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM chequecheque.N.SG forfor.PREP eightyeighty.NUM ofof.PREP poundspounds.N.F.PL+SM forfor.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM gamesunk computerunk TAGbe.IM+SM
  but now, er, hell, it's just a small matter, even here, for Aled, um, his mother to make out a cheque for eighty pounds for some computer games, you know
1019AEDia ac yn hel doedd (we)di [?] hel mewn ryw hen dinCE bach pren yn capel de .
  yesyes.ADV andand.CONJ PRTPRT collect.NONFINcollect.V.INFIN be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG PRT.PASTafter.PREP collect.NONFINcollect.V.INFIN inin.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM oldold.ADJ tindin.N.SG.[or].tin.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ woodwood.N.M.SG inin.PREP.[or].PRT chapelchapel.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  yes, and would collect, wouldn't they, had collected in some old wooden little tin in the chapel, hadn't they [?]
1094AEDa byrddau bach gynno taid yn (y)r ardd rywle roundCE y erCE erCE hen dyddyn bach erCE GwernyddCE de .
  andand.CONJ tablestables.N.M.PL smallsmall.ADJ withwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S grandfathergrandfather.N.M.SG inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF gardengarden.N.F.SG+SM somewheresomewhere.N.M.SG+SM roundround.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM IMer.IM oldold.ADJ smallholdingunk IMsmall.ADJ Gwernydder.IM TAGname be.IM+SM
  and my grandfather had little tables in the garden somewhere round the, er, er, old smallholding of Gwernydd, right
1094AEDa byrddau bach gynno taid yn (y)r ardd rywle roundCE y erCE erCE hen dyddyn bach erCE GwernyddCE de .
  andand.CONJ tablestables.N.M.PL smallsmall.ADJ withwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S grandfathergrandfather.N.M.SG inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF gardengarden.N.F.SG+SM somewheresomewhere.N.M.SG+SM roundround.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM IMer.IM oldold.ADJ smallholdingunk IMsmall.ADJ Gwernydder.IM TAGname be.IM+SM
  and my grandfather had little tables in the garden somewhere round the, er, er, old smallholding of Gwernydd, right
1099AEDbyth helynt byth dwrw mawr na dwrw bach na (di)m_byd de .
  nevernever.ADV botherpredicament.N.F.SG nevernever.ADV racketunk bigbig.ADJ NEG(n)or.CONJ.[or].PRT.NEG.[or].no.ADV.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].than.CONJ racketunk smallsmall.ADJ NEGno.ADV.[or].than.CONJ.[or].PRT.NEG.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].(n)or.CONJ nothingnothing.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  never any bother, never any big trouble or small trouble or anything, you know
1130AED+, o pan oedd o (y)n hog(yn) ifanc neu pan oedd o (y)n hogyn bach de &b <a (y)r> [/] # a (y)r drygioni fyddai fo wneud de .
  fromfrom.PREP.[or].he.PRON.M.3S.[or].of.PREP whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT boylad.N.M.SG youngyoung.ADJ oror.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT boylad.N.M.SG smallsmall.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF mischiefwrongdoing.N.M.SG be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.COND+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  from when he was a young boy or when he was a small boy, you know and the...and the mischief he'd get up to, you know
1401AEDa dach chi (y)n gwybod efo cath os geith gath ryw llygoden bach # mi chwaraeith hi efo hi am oriau gwneith a neidio [?] o (e)i chwmpas hi a (e)i gwatsiad hi de cyn lladd hi de .
  andand.CONJ be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN withwith.PREP catcat.N.F.SG ifif.CONJ get.3S.NONPASTget.V.3S.PRES+SM catcat.N.F.SG+SM somesome.PREQ+SM mousemouse.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ PRTPRT.AFF play.3S.NONPASTplay.V.3S.FUT PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S withwith.PREP PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S forfor.PREP hourshours.N.F.PL do.3S.NONPASTdo.V.3S.FUT andand.CONJ jump.NONFINjump.V.INFIN ofof.PREP POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S compassround.N.M.SG+AM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S andand.CONJ POSS.3SFgo.V.2S.PRES.[or].his.ADJ.POSS.M.3S.[or].her.ADJ.POSS.F.3S watch.NONFINunk PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S TAGbe.IM+SM beforebefore.PREP kill.NONFINkill.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S TAGbe.IM+SM
  and you know with cats, if a cat gets some little mouse, it'll play with it for hours, won't it, and jump around it and watch it, you know, before killing it, you know
1463BEDa &d <(rh)aid o fod> [///] ella bod chdi isio un dipyn bach caletach na fi # a neu &m &m erCE vice_versaE .
  andand.CONJ necessitynecessity.N.M.SG PRON.3SMof.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM perhapsmaybe.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S wantwant.N.M.SG oneone.NUM a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ harderhard.ADJ.COMP PRT(n)or.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM andand.CONJ oror.CONJ IMer.IM vice_versaunk
  and it has to be...perhaps you want one that's a little harder than I want, and, or vice-versa

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