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85ADW+< a mae (y)r gymdeithas (we)di cael ei chychwyn ar adeg pan wir yr # toedd (y)na neb <yn &s> [//] # yn dallt be oedd gyn y ddynes +/ .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF societysociety.N.F.SG+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S start.NONFINstart.V.INFIN+AM onon.PREP periodtime.N.F.SG whenwhen.CONJ truetrue.ADJ+SM PRTthe.DET.DEF be.3S.IMP.NEGunk therethere.ADV nobodyanyone.PRON PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF withwith.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF womanwoman.N.F.SG+SM
  and the society was started at a time when, honestly, nobody understood what this woman was going onabout.
88ADW+, am be oedd hi (y)n siarad .
  aboutfor.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN
  ...what she was talking about.
91ADW+" be s(y) isio # amddiffyn reiniy ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL wantwant.N.M.SG protect.NONFINdefend.V.INFIN thoseunk
  "why do you need to protect them?"
124ADWbe (y)dy (y)r gair ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF wordword.N.M.SG
  what is the word?
129BAE+< wchi be o'n i feddwl i ddeud y gwir oedd # &=sigh Sais oedd hi wrth_gwrs +.. .
  know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF thruthtruth.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Englishmanname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S of_courseof_course.ADV
  you know what I thought, to be honest, was, she was English of course...
142BAEquestionCE dw i (we)di ofyn i fi fy hun yn aml dros y flwyddyn ddwytha (y)ma # hynny ydy ydy (y)r Cymry # yn gwir werthfawrogi # yr tirwedd sydd o_gwmpas # xxx # <a be sy gynnon ni> [?] .
  questionquestion.N.SG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S selfself.PRON.SG PRTPRT oftenfrequent.ADJ overover.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF yearyear.N.F.SG+SM previouslast.ADJ+SM herehere.ADV thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF Welsh_peopleWelsh_people.N.M.PL PRTPRT truetrue.ADJ appreciate.NONFINappreciate.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF landscaperelief.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL aroundaround.ADV andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.1PLwith_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  a question I have often asked myself during this last year, that is, do the Welsh fully appreciate the landscape which is around xxx and what we have
143ADW+< a gwyddoch chi be dw i (we)di ddeud # fath â maen nhw (y)n deud yn y xxx # <aE prophetE isE notE withoutE honourE save@s:eng> ["] +// .
  andand.CONJ know.2PL.NONPASTunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF aa.DET.INDEF prophetprophet.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV withoutwithout.PREP honourhonour.N.SG savesave.N.SG
  and do you know what I have said, like they say in [...] "a prophet is not without honour save..."
175ADWryw [/] rywbeth # dw (ddi)m yn cofio be oedd (we)di cael ei wneud (y)na .
  somesome.PREQ+SM somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT rememberremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM therethere.ADV
  something, I don't remember what had been made there.
177ADWwrth_gwrs # &=laughs ddim diddordeb <llawer yn be oedd yn cael ei wneud yn fan (y)no> [=! laughs] ond bod fi (y)n gwneud i blesio (y)n ffrind .
  of_courseof_course.ADV NEGnot.ADV+SM interestinterest.N.M.SG muchmany.QUAN inPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV butbut.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN toto.PREP please.NONFINplease.V.INFIN+SM POSS.1SPRT.[or].in.PREP friendfriend.N.M.SG
  of course not really interested in what was made there, just I was doing it to please my friend.
189ADW+" i be maen nhw (y)n da i mi ?
  forto.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT goodbe.IM+SM forto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S
  "what use are they to me?"
195ADW+" y perffaith wir be maen nhw (y)n da i ni ?
  DETthe.DET.DEF perfectperfect.ADJ truthtrue.ADJ+SM whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT goodbe.IM+SM forto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  "that's absolutely right, what use are they to us?"
199ADW+" i be mae rheina (y)n da i ni ?
  forto.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thosethose.PRON PRTPRT goodbe.IM+SM forto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  "what use are those to us?"
208BAEfelly os oedd hi (y)n glawio (y)n BetwsCE be fydden ni wneud rightCE aml yn ystod yr haf +/ .
  thusso.ADV ifif.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT rain.NONFINrain.V.INFIN inin.PREP Betwsname whatwhat.INT be.1PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.COND+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTmake.V.INFIN+SM do.NONFINright.ADJ rightfrequent.ADJ oftenin.PREP inrange.N.F.SG rangethe.DET.DEF DETsummer.N.M.SG summer
  so if it was raining in Betws, what we did quite often during the summer...
214BAEond erCE be oedden ni ddweud wrth_gwrs erCE fy mamCE a fi yn ei erbyn o oedd y peth gorau am Sir_Fôn oedd yr olygfa # yn_ôl # i (y)r [?] Eryri <(fe)lly (y)n_de> [?] .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM whatwhat.INT be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM of_courseof_course.ADV IMer.IM POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S mothermam.N.SG andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S againstby.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG bestbest.ADJ.SUP aboutfor.PREP Angleseyname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF viewscene.N.F.SG+SM backback.ADV toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF Snowdonianame thusso.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  but what we said of course, my mother and I against him was that the best thing about Anglesey was the view back to Snowdonia, you know
279ADW+" ew # sti be Nain # oeddwn i umCE wedi bwyta gormod o (y)r hen Pot_NoodlesCE (y)na cyn mynd i gwely .
  IMoh.IM know.2Syou_know.IM whatwhat.INT Grandmaname be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S IMum.IM PRT.PASTafter.PREP eat.NONFINeat.V.INFIN too_muchtoo_much.QUANT ofof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ Pot_Noodlesname therethere.ADV beforebefore.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP bedbed.N.M.SG
  "gosh, you know what, Grandma, I had eaten too much of those Pot Noodles before going to bed."
290ADW+" ahCE # timod be o'n i falch <bod fi> [//] # bod fi (we)di deffro .
  IMah.IM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S gladproud.ADJ+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP wake.NONFINwaken.V.INFIN
  "ah! you know what, I was glad I had woken up."
319BAEmi <oeddwn i> [=? oedden ni] (y)n gwneud i (y)r teganau wneud be bynnag <yr oeddwn> [?] i [=? ni] eisiau (fe)lly (y)n_de .
  PRTPRT.AFF be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT make.NONFINmake.V.INFIN toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF toystoy.N.F.PL do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ PRTthat.PRON.REL be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S wantwant.N.M.SG thusso.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  I would make toys do what ever I wanted.
329BAE<mi oedd o> [?] (y)n gastell be bynnag oedd [?] ddychymyg yn [/] erCE erCE erCE erCE <yn dy(muno)> [//] yn dymuno (fe)lly (y)n_de .
  PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT castlecastle.N.M.SG+SM whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF imaginationimagine.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP IMer.IM IMer.IM IMer.IM IMer.IM PRTPRT wish.NONFINwish_to.V.INFIN PRTPRT wish.NONFINwish_to.V.INFIN thusso.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  it was a castle, what ever the imagination wished.
332BAEac unwaith mae o wedi # gwneud be bynnag mae o fod i wneud mae (y)n cymryd pum munud efallai i wneud hynna mae mynd [?] i un ochr (we)dyn yndy .
  andand.CONJ onceonce.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMof.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN fivefive.NUM minuteminute.N.M.SG maybeperhaps.CONJ toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP oneone.NUM sideside.N.F.SG thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  and once it has done whatever it is supposed to do (maybe it takes five minutes to do that) then it is pushed to one side, isn't it
336BAEac wedyn wrth_gwrs drwy <be dan nhw (y)n weld> [?] ar y teledu # bod ceir yn malu i_mewn i w_gilydd # mi gymran nhw eu teganau # a creu (y)r un effaith yn_gwnân .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV of_courseof_course.ADV throughthrough.PREP+SM whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESunder.PREP.[or].be.V.1P.PRES.[or].until.PREP+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF televisiontelevision.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN carscars.N.M.PL.[or].get.V.0.PRES PRTPRT grind.NONFINgrind.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP toto.PREP each_otherunk PRTPRT.AFF take.3PL.NONPASTunk PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P toystoy.N.F.PL andand.CONJ create.NONFINcreate.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM effecteffect.N.F.SG do.3PL.NONPAST.NEGunk
  and then of course, because of what they see on TV, that cars run into each other, they will take their toys and create the same effect, won't they
399ADWa diddorol # ar_draws y storyCE # (ba)swn i (y)n licio (peta)swn i (we)di sylweddoli be oedd PenbreCE ["] yn ei feddwl .
  andand.CONJ interestinginteresting.ADJ acrossacross.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF storystory.N.SG be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN if_be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF.HYP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP realise.NONFINrealise.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Penbrename PRTPRT POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S mean.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM
  and interesting, to interrupt the story, I would have liked it if I had realised what "Penbre" meant.
410ADWa dyma umCE # fi (y)n gweld be oedd o .
  andand.CONJ herethis_is.ADV IMum.IM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  and then I saw what it was.
411ADWwyddoch chi be ?
  know.2PL.NONPASTunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P whatwhat.INT
  do you know what?
429ADW+, umCE mai dyna be oedd o .
  IMum.IM PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  ...that that was what is was.
469ADWac # be sy (y)n ddiddorol yn_de +.. .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT interestinginteresting.ADJ+SM TAGisn't_it.IM
  and what is interesting...
519BAEac erCE # pan o'n i ddigon hen i fynd a crwydro o_gwmpas ar fikeCE hefo ffrind i mi umCE o BetwsCE dyna be fydden ni wneud ar # dydd Sadwrn neu ddydd Sul oedd mynd i chwilota amdanyn nhw (y)n_de .
  andand.CONJ IMer.IM whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S enoughenough.QUAN+SM oldold.ADJ toto.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM andand.CONJ wander.NONFINwander.V.INFIN aroundaround.ADV onon.PREP bikebike.N.SG+SM.[or].mike.N.SG+SM withwith.PREP+H friendfriend.N.M.SG toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S IMum.IM fromfrom.PREP Betwsname therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.COND+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM onon.PREP dayday.N.M.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG oror.CONJ dayday.N.M.SG+SM SundaySunday.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP serach.NONFINsearch.V.INFIN for.3PLfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P TAGisn't_it.IM
  and when I was old enough to go and wander about on a bike with a friend of mine from Betws, that was what we would do on a Saturday or Sunday, go and search for them.
561ADW&=click # a mi oedd y pethau (y)ma fath â umCE # be dach chi (y)n ei alw o candyE flossE gynnyn nhw <i wneud y sŵ(n)> [//] i # ddal y sŵn yeahCE ?
  andand.CONJ PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF thingsthings.N.M.PL herehere.ADV kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S candycandy.N.SG flossfloss.N.SG with.3PLunk PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P toto.PREP make.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF soundnoise.N.M.SG toto.PREP catch.NONFINcontinue.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF soundnoise.N.M.SG yeahyeah.ADV
  and they had these things like, what do you call it, candy floss to catch the sound, yes?
637BAEbe <<am y> [/] <am y>> [?] llyn ?
  whatwhat.INT forfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF forfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF lakelake.N.M.SG
  what, towards the lake?
638ADW+< +, am yr erCE erCE erCE # be (y)dy o # llyn a reservoirE .
  forfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM IMer.IM IMer.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S lakelake.N.M.SG andand.CONJ resevoirreservoir.N.SG
  towards, what is it, a lake and reservoir.
711BAEohCE dyna be ddigwyddodd wrth_gwrs .
  IMoh.IM therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT happen.3S.PASThappen.V.3S.PAST+SM of_courseof_course.ADV
  oh, that's what happened, of course.
725ADWdach chi (y)n gwybod be dw i (we)di bod yn trio wneud i_fyny (y)n fan (y)na ?
  be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM upup.ADV inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV
  do you know what I've been trying to do up there?
746ADW+" lookE MabliCE # IE thinkE it'dE beE saferE toE goE backE .
  looklook.V.INFIN Mabliname II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES it''dit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.COND bebe.V.3S.PRES saferunk toto.PREP gogo.V.INFIN backback.V.INFIN.[or].back.ADV
  "look, Mabli, I think it'd be safer to go back."
798ADW+< a [//] # oedd hi dda bod eich mamCE ddim yn gwybod be o'ch chi (y)n wneud .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S goodgood.ADJ+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P mothermam.N.SG NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.2PL.IMPunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P do.NONFINPRT make.V.INFIN+SM
  good thing your mother didn't know what you were doing

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