SIARAD - Fusser30
Instances of ni for speaker MEL

21MEL+" dan ni (y)n cael trafferth cael gyrrwr soCE +.. .
  be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN troubletrouble.N.MF.SG get.NONFINget.V.INFIN driverdriver.N.M.SG soso.ADV
  "we're having difficulties finding a driver, so" ...
42MELtimod xx yn ei thŷ hi oedden ni .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S househouse.N.M.SG+AM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF we.PRON.1P
  you know [...] we were in her house
84MELia ond cofia di # (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn gymaint o [/] # timod o noveltyCE ni fod yn mynd allan gyda (y)r nos .
  yesyes.ADV butbut.CONJ remember.2S.IMPERremember.V.2S.IMPER PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT so_muchso much.ADJ+SM ofof.PREP.[or].he.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES ofof.PREP.[or].he.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP noveltynovelty.N.SG PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN outout.ADV withwith.PREP DETnightthe.DET.DEF night.N.F.SG
  yes but remember, it's not such a novelty for us to be going out in the evening
761MELohCE myE GodE oedd MairCE a fi justCE fel &=laugh stwffio timod ein # bysedd i (y)ng xx [//] cegau ni stopio (ei)n hunain rhag chwerthin .
  IMoh.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S Godname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Mairname andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM justjust.ADV kindlike.CONJ stuff.NONFINstuff.V.INFIN know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES POSS.1PLour.ADJ.POSS.1P fingersfingers.N.M.PL toto.PREP POSS.1PLmy.ADJ.POSS.1S.[or].in.PREP mouthsmouths.N.F.PL PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P stop.NONFINstop.V.INFIN POSS.1PLour.ADJ.POSS.1P selvesself.PRON.PL lestfrom.PREP laugh.NONFINlaugh.V.INFIN
  oh my God, Mair and I were just, like [laughs] stuffing, you know, our hands into our mouths to stop ourselves from laughing
936MEL+" dan ni (we)di maddau iddi hi .
  be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRT.PASTafter.PREP forgive.NONFINforgive.V.INFIN to.3SFto_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  "we've forgiven her"
1071MEL+" ohCE # ni (y)dy (y)r bailiffsCE .
  IMoh.IM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF bailiffsbailiff.N.SG+PL
  "oh, we're the bailiffs"
1072MEL+" dan ni (we)di bod yma # ar y dyddiad yma .
  be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN herehere.ADV onon.PREP DETdatethe.DET.DEF heredate.N.M.SG here.ADV
  "we've been here on this date"
1073MEL+" a dan ni mynd i ddod nôl # os ti ddim yn talu (y)r billCE yma .
  andand.CONJ be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM backfetch.V.INFIN ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT pay.NONFINpay.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF billbill.N.SG.[or].pill.N.SG+SM herehere.ADV
  "and we're going to come back if you don't pay this bill"
1199MELa &n wnaeth [/] wnaeth [//] # y ffordd wnaeth ni [=? hi] ffeindio allan oedd wnaeth mamCE mynd i drio cael storeCE cardCE yn rywle .
  andand.CONJ do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM DETthe.DET.DEF wayway.N.F.SG do.3PL.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P find.NONFINfind.V.INFIN outout.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM mummam.N.SG go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN+SM get.NONFINget.V.INFIN storestore.SV.INFIN cardcard.N.SG inin.PREP somewheresomewhere.N.M.SG+SM
  and...the way we found out is that mum went to try to get a store card somewhere
1200MELtimod enw fath â cyfenw ni .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES namename.N.M.SG kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP surnamesurname.N.M.SG PRON.3PLwe.PRON.1P
  you know, a name like our surname

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