SIARAD - Fusser21
Instances of couple for speaker ILI

400ILI(be)causeE o'n i (we)di bod yn meddwl # &t dros y coupleCE o diwrnodau dwytha ers i ni gyrraedd yn_dôl be sy # angen cael ei wneud xx .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN overover.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP daysdays.N.M.PL lastlast.ADJ sincesince.PREP toto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P arrive.NONFINarrive.V.INFIN+SM backunk whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL needneed.N.M.SG get.NONFINget.V.INFIN POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  because I'd been thinking over the last couple of days since we got back what exactly needs to be done [...]
431ILIond dw i (y)n meddwl (rh)ywbeth # o # cant i coupleCE o cannoedd mae nhw (y)n wneud .
  butbut.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG fromof.PREP hundredhundred.N.M.SG toto.PREP couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP hundredshundreds.N.M.PL be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  but I think they make something between a hundred and a couple of hundred.
714ILI<oedd fath â> [?] erCE coupleCE o modfeddi oddi_wrth er wal ni .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ IMer.IM couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP inchesinches.N.F.PL fromfrom.PREP IMer.IM wallwall.N.F.SG PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  it was, like, a couple of inches away from our wall.
787ILI<mae &h &m> [//] # dw i (y)n meddwl # bod hwnna (we)di bod (y)n ofnadwy (y)n y coupleCE o ddiwrnodau dwytha (y)ma de .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT awfulterrible.ADJ inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP daysdays.N.M.PL+SM lastlast.ADJ therehere.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  I think that's been terricle these last couple of days, you know.
1169ILI<ond na oedd xx> [//] na # dwy flynedd yn_dôl bron yeahCE # mewn coupleCE o misoedd .
  butbut.CONJ noPRT.NEG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF nono.ADV.[or].PRT.NEG.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].(n)or.CONJ.[or].than.CONJ two.Ftwo.NUM.F yearyears.N.F.PL+SM backunk almostbreast.N.F.SG.[or].almost.ADV yeahyeah.ADV inin.PREP couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP monthsmonths.N.M.PL
  but no, that was [...] two years ago almost, yes, in a couple of months.

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