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Instances of dim_byd

390IOL(be)causeE erCE fedrai neb wneud dim_byd efo nhw de .
  becausebecause.CONJ IMer.IM can.3S.NONPASTbe_able.V.3S.IMPERF+SM nobodyanyone.PRON do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM nothingnothing.ADV withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P TAGbe.IM+SM
  cause nobody can do anything with them.
408TECoedd o (y)n deud <oedd (y)na> [/] oedd (y)na <filoedd o> [//] o ddifri mwy elephantsCE yn [/] yn fan (y)na na lle (di)m_byd arall <yn umCE> [//] yn AfricaCE felly .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV thousandsthousands.N.F.PL+SM ofof.PREP ofhe.PRON.M.3S seriousnessserious.ADJ+SM moremore.ADJ.COMP elephantselephant.N.SG+PL.[or].elephants.N.PL inPRT.[or].in.PREP inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV than(n)or.CONJ placewhere.INT.[or].place.N.M.SG nothingnothing.ADV otherother.ADJ inPRT.[or].in.PREP IMum.IM inin.PREP Africaname thusso.ADV
  he was saying there were thousands of.. . actually more elephants there that in any other place in Africa.
659IOLwrth feddwl yn_ôl rwan # pan wnes i gyfarfod â [?] chi # doedd gynnoch chi ddim diddordeb mewn dysgu dreifio nag wneud dim_byd !
  byby.PREP think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM backback.ADV nownow.ADV whenwhen.CONJ do.1S.PASTdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S meet.NONFINmeet.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG with.2PLwith_you.PREP+PRON.2P PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnot.ADV+SM interestinterest.N.M.SG inin.PREP learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN drive.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN northan.CONJ do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM nothingnothing.ADV
  thinking back now, when I met you, you had no interest in driving or doing anything.
660IOLdim_byd !
  nothingnothing.ADV
  nothing!
696IOLyeahCE na oedd gynnoch chi <(dd)im blys> [/] dim blys dysgu dim_byd .
  yeahyeah.ADV noPRT.NEG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF with.2PLwith_you.PREP+PRON.2P PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnothing.N.M.SG+SM.[or].not.ADV+SM cravingunk NEGnothing.N.M.SG.[or].not.ADV cravingunk learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV
  yeah, no, you had no desire to learn anything.
797TECxx dw i (dd)im wedi gweld dim_byd # ers talwm iawn .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV sincesince.PREP whilelong_time.N.M.SG veryOK.ADV
  I've not seen anything for a very long time.
825TECa wedyn # dw i (dd)im yn gwybod lle mae dim_byd nac ydw ?
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN wherewhere.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES nothingnothing.ADV NEGPRT.NEG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES
  and then I don't know where anything is, do I?
827IOLbod chi (y)n gwybod dim_byd .
  be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV
  that you don't know anything.
921IOLoherwydd maen nhw (y)n deud umCE (dy)dy o (ddi)m da i (di)m_byd dysgu (di)m_byd fel parrotCE (be)causeE (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m gwybod be mae (y)r peth yn feddwl # pan maen nhw (y)n dysgu rywbeth fel parrotCE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN IMum.IM be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM goodbe.IM+SM forto.PREP nothingnothing.ADV learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV likelike.CONJ parrotparrot.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRES.NEGbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG PRTPRT mean.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM whenwhen.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ parrotparrot.N.SG
  because they say it's pointless learning anything parrot-fashion because they don't know what it means, when they learn something parrot-fashion.
921IOLoherwydd maen nhw (y)n deud umCE (dy)dy o (ddi)m da i (di)m_byd dysgu (di)m_byd fel parrotCE (be)causeE (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m gwybod be mae (y)r peth yn feddwl # pan maen nhw (y)n dysgu rywbeth fel parrotCE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN IMum.IM be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM goodbe.IM+SM forto.PREP nothingnothing.ADV learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV likelike.CONJ parrotparrot.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRES.NEGbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG PRTPRT mean.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM whenwhen.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ parrotparrot.N.SG
  because they say it's pointless learning anything parrot-fashion because they don't know what it means, when they learn something parrot-fashion.

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