SIARAD - Fusser17
Instances of foreground

698AET+< erCE erCE be dw i licio dw i licio cael # wchi # foregroundE interestCE fel mae nhw deud # a wedyn # middlegroundE interestCE a wedyn farE distanceCE .
  IMer.IM IMer.IM whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN get.NONFINget.V.INFIN know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES foregroundforeground.N.SG interestinterest.N.SG likelike.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV middlegroundunk interestinterest.N.SG andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV farfar.ADV distancedistance.N.SG
  er, er, what I like, I like to get, you know, foreground interest, as they say, and then middleground interest and then far distance
755BENyeahCE &ka [/] canran y [/] # y blaendir foregroundE yn wahanol .
  yeahyeah.ADV percentagepercentage.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF foregroundforeground.N.M.SG foregroundforeground.N.SG PRTPRT differentdifferent.ADJ+SM
  yeah, the percentage of foreground is different
791AET+" pan dach chi (y)n defnyddio # wide_angleE lensesCE dach chi (y)n emphasize_ioE+cym (y)r foregroundE +/ .
  whenwhen.CONJ be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN wide_angleunk lenseslenses.N.PL be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT emphasize.NONFINemphasize.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF foregroundforeground.N.SG
  when you use wide-angle lenses, you emphasize the foreground...
836AETbe s(y) gyn i wan # tri elementCE # foregroundE # middlegroundE # a farE distanceCE .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM three.Mthree.NUM.M elementelement.N.SG foregroundforeground.N.SG middlegroundunk andand.CONJ farfar.ADV distancedistance.N.SG
  what I've got now, three elements: foreground, middleground and far distance
839AET+< ++ mwy o (y)r foregroundE .
  moremore.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF foregroundforeground.N.SG
  more of the foreground

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