SIARAD - Fusser30
Instances of am for speaker MEL

26MELia fod hi (y)n bod [//] gallu bod yn rightCE siort am bethau <ac yn rightCE> [?] +/ .
  yesyes.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT rightright.ADJ curtshort.ADJ aboutfor.PREP thingsthings.N.M.PL+SM andand.CONJ PRTPRT rightright.ADJ
  yes, that she's...can be quite curt about things and quite...
36MEL+" ohCE (ba)swn i wrth y modd justCE yn medru mynd i_ffwrdd am chwe mis neu rywbeth a hyn i_gyd a +.. .
  IMoh.IM be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S byby.PREP POSS.1the.DET.DEF likingmeans.N.M.SG justjust.ADV.[or].just.ADJ PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN awayout.ADV forfor.PREP sixsix.NUM monthmonth.N.M.SG oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM andand.CONJ thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP allall.ADJ andand.CONJ
  "oh I'd love it if I could just go away for six months or something and all of this and...
40MEL+" ohCE wellCE timod raid mi feddwl am y lle yma a ballu .
  IMoh.IM wellwell.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES necessitynecessity.N.M.SG+SM PRON.1SPRT.AFF think.NONFINthink.V.3S.PRES+SM.[or].think.V.INFIN+SM.[or].thought.N.M.SG+SM aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF placeplace.N.M.SG herehere.ADV andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON
  "oh well, I have to think about this place, and so on"
86MELtimod pan ti <(y)n iau> [?] ti isio sôn am bob un dim .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT youngeryounger.ADJ.COMP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S wantwant.N.M.SG mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP everyeach.PREQ+SM oneone.NUM nothingnothing.N.M.SG.[or].not.ADV
  you know, when yoy're younger you want to talk about every single thing
99MEL+" ohCE yeahCE iawn wela i di yna am saith ta .
  IMoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV rightOK.ADV see.1S.NONPASTsee.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.2SI.PRON.1S thereyou.PRON.2S+SM atthere.ADV sevenfor.PREP thenseven.NUM be.IM
  "oh yeah, alright, I'll see you there at seven then"
117MEL(acho)s [?] oedd rywun yn sôn am hyn .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP
  because someone was talking about this
127MEL(ba)sech chi (we)di bod yna am chwarter awr .
  be.2PL.CONDITbe.V.2P.PLUPERF PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN therethere.ADV forfor.PREP quarterquarter.N.M.SG hourhour.N.F.SG
  you'd have been there for fifteen minutes
137MEL+" &=gasp oedd hi fod i gwrdd â suchE andE suchE am saith &=gasp .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP meet.NONFINmeet.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP suchsuch.ADJ andand.CONJ suchsuch.ADJ atfor.PREP sevenseven.NUM
  "she was supposed to meet such and such at seven"
409MEL+< na dw i (y)n trio meddwl am dy fam .
  nono.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S mothermother.N.F.SG+SM
  no, I'm trying to think of your mother
590MEL<gofyn am Cesail_y_BugailCE LonaCE c'monE pleaseCE> [=! laughs] .
  ask.2S.IMPERask.V.2S.IMPER forfor.PREP Cesail_y_Bugailname Lonaname c''monunk pleaseplease.SV.INFIN
  ask for Cesail y Bugail, Lona, c'mon please
823MEL+" ohCE diolch i chi gyd am ddod .
  IMoh.IM thanksthanks.N.M.SG.[or].thank.V.INFIN toto.PREP PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P alljoint.ADJ+SM forfor.PREP come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM
  "oh thank you all for coming"
831MEL(dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m yn deud dim_byd arall xx # ohCE heblaw os (y)dyn nhw mynd ymlaen ac ymlaen a rhygnu (y)mlaen am xx # pys neu ohCE .
  be.3PL.PRES.NEGbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV otherother.ADJ IMoh.IM exceptwithout.PREP ifif.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN onforward.ADV andand.CONJ onforward.ADV andand.CONJ drone.NONFINgrate.V.INFIN onforward.ADV forfor.PREP peaspea.N.F.PL oror.CONJ IMoh.IM
  they don't say anything else [...] oh except if they go on and on and drone on for [...] ages or, oh
836MELuffernol neu am Iesu_Grist fel wnaeth # tad # umCE SaraCE pan oedd ei chwaer hi (y)n priodi MuslimCE .
  hellishunk oror.CONJ aboutfor.PREP Jesus_Christname likelike.CONJ do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM fatherfather.N.M.SG IMum.IM Saraname whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S sistersister.N.F.SG PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT marry.NONFINmarry.V.INFIN Muslimname
  awful, or about Jesus Christ, like, um, Sara's father when her sister married a Muslim
871MEL+" y peth pwysig am priodas ydy weithiau ti (y)n gorod deud mae (y)n ddrwg gen i # hyd_(y)n_oed os ti ddim yn ei feddwl o .
  DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG importantimportant.ADJ aboutfor.PREP marriagemarriage.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES sometimestimes.N.F.PL+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT badbad.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S eveneven.ADV ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  "the important thing about marriage is sometimes you have to say I'm sorry, even if you don't mean it"
1165MELa (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn deud am be ydy o .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  and it doesn't say what it's about
1168MELsoCE am wn i na rywun # yn un o (y)r cwmnïau (y)ma sy trio cael hi gysylltu efo nhw .
  soso.ADV forfor.PREP know.1S.NONPASTknow.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT(n)or.CONJ somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM inPRT oneone.NUM ofof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF companiescompanies.N.M.PL herehere.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN get.NONFINget.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S contact.NONFINlink.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  so I'm guessing that it's somebody from one of these companies trying to get her to contact them

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