SIARAD - Fusser26
Instances of pygmies for speaker IOL

429IOLfel dach chi (y)n deud mae (y)r pygmiesCE yna ers miloedd o flynyddoedd mae (y)n sureCE tydyn ?
  likelike.CONJ be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF pygmiesunk therethere.ADV sincesince.PREP thousandsthousands.N.F.PL ofof.PREP yearsyears.N.F.PL+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT suresure.ADJ be.3PL.PRES.NEGunk
  as you say, the pygmies have been there for thousands of years, surely, haven't they?
437IOL+, bod o wedi effeithio ar rai o (y)r pygmiesCE a bod (r)hain efo immunityE iddo fo .
  be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP affect.NONFINeffect.V.INFIN onon.PREP somesome.PRON+SM ofof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF pygmiesunk andand.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN thosethese.PRON withwith.PREP immunityimmunity.N.SG to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  ...that it has affected some of the pygmies, and that those have an immunity to it.
470IOLos bysan ni (dd)im yn gael hwnnw (ba)san ni (y)n fychan fel y pygmiesCE mae (y)n sureCE !
  ifif.CONJ be.1PL.CONDITfinger.V.3P.FUT PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG be.1PL.CONDITbe.V.1P.PLUPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT smallsmall.ADJ+SM likelike.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF pygmiesunk be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT suresure.ADJ
  if we didn't get that, we'd be small like the pygmies, I'm sure!

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