SIARAD - Fusser19
Instances of point

381OLWond y pointCE # anhygoel [=! laugh] [?] oeddan ni (y)n gael yn fa(n) (y)ma ydy # &mave # businessCE smocio (y)ma mwy effeithiol .
  butbut.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF pointpoint.N.SG amazingincredible.ADJ be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES businessbusiness.N.SG smoke.NONFINsmoke.V.INFIN herehere.ADV moremore.ADJ.COMP effectiveeffective.ADJ
  but the amazing point we were having here is [making?] this smoking business more effective.
477OLW+, be ydy pointCE +//?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES pointpoint.N.SG
  what's the point?
745OLWti (y)n trio iwsio pointCE # lle # wnaeth hwnna justCE digwydd .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN pointpoint.N.SG wherewhere.INT.[or].place.N.M.SG do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM that_onethat.PRON.DEM.M.SG justjust.ADV happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN
  you're trying to use a point where that just happened.
787OLWti mynd offCE y pointCE wan .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN offoff.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF pointpoint.N.SG nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  you're going off the point now.
788OLWy pointCE o'n i (y)n trio wneud ydy +/ .
  DETthe.DET.DEF pointpoint.N.SG be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the point I was trying to make was ...
792OLWdyna ydy (y)r pointCE ydw i (y)n wneud .
  therethat_is.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF pointpoint.N.SG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  that's the point I'm making.
793OLWdan ni (y)n mynd offCE y pointCE (r)wan +/ .
  be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN offoff.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF pointpoint.N.SG nownow.ADV
  we're going off the point now ...
855OLWa dyna (y)dy pointCE y peth .
  andand.CONJ therethat_is.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES pointpoint.N.SG DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG
  and that's the point of the thing.

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