SIARAD - Fusser4
Instances of sy

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?"
93BAEohCE mae hwnna (y)n broblemCE sy gynnon ni heddiw i ddeud y gwir yn_dydy .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG PRTPRT problemproblem.N.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.1PLwith_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P todaytoday.ADV toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF truthtruth.N.M.SG be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.TAG
  oh, that is a problem that we have today to tell the truth, isn't it?
119ADWa dw i meddwl mai mond rywun sy (we)di bod i_fewn o (y)r dechrau # neu rywun sy (we)di bod # yn gwatsiad # umCE ar yr ymylon +/ .
  andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONGINthink.V.INFIN PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS onlybond.N.M.SG+NM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN inin.PREP fromof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF beginningbeginning.N.M.SG oror.CONJ somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP watch.NONFINunk IMum.IM onon.PREP DETthat.PRON.REL marginsedges.N.F.PL.[or].margins.N.F.PL.[or].border.V.1P.PAST.[or].border.V.3P.PAST
  and I think that only somebody who has been in it from the beginning or somebody who has been watching from the sidelines...
119ADWa dw i meddwl mai mond rywun sy (we)di bod i_fewn o (y)r dechrau # neu rywun sy (we)di bod # yn gwatsiad # umCE ar yr ymylon +/ .
  andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONGINthink.V.INFIN PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS onlybond.N.M.SG+NM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN inin.PREP fromof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF beginningbeginning.N.M.SG oror.CONJ somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP watch.NONFINunk IMum.IM onon.PREP DETthat.PRON.REL marginsedges.N.F.PL.[or].margins.N.F.PL.[or].border.V.1P.PAST.[or].border.V.3P.PAST
  and I think that only somebody who has been in it from the beginning or somebody who has been watching from the sidelines...
121ADW+, sy (y)n sylweddoli +/ .
  be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT realise.NONFINrealise.V.INFIN
  ...realises...
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
162BAEyn enwedig os dach chi (y)n gorfod gweithio yn_erbyn y mynydd # sy ddim yn tyfu gwair +/ .
  PRTPRT particularespecially.ADJ ifif.CONJ be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN againstagainst.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF mountainmountain.N.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT grow.NONFINgrow.V.INFIN hayhay.N.M.SG
  especially if you have to work against the mountain which doesn't grow grass...
164BAE+, sy ddim felly yn gallu # rhoi bwyd i (y)r anifeiliaid +/ .
  be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL NEGnot.ADV+SM thusso.ADV PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN foodfood.N.M.SG toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF animalsanimals.N.M.PL
  ...which therefore can't feed the animals...
184ADW+" &=gasp # ohCE # ohCE yli golygfa s(y) gen ti FfionCE .
  IMoh.IM IMoh.IM see.2S.IMPERyou_know.IM viewscene.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S Ffionname
  "oh, oh, look what a view you've got, Ffion!"
219ADWa maen nhw (y)n byw yn y reithordy sy (y)r ochr arall i (y)r lôn i lle [/] # lle oedd hi (y)n byw mwy neu lai .
  andand.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF vicarageunk be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL DETthe.DET.DEF sideside.N.F.SG otherother.ADJ toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF roadunk toto.PREP whereplace.N.M.SG wherewhere.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN moremore.ADJ.COMP oror.CONJ lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP+SM
  and they live in the vicarage, which is more or less across the road from where she used to live.
257ADW+< (pe)tasech chi (y)n gafael mewn llawer un # sy (y)n byw (y)n lleol # a ei roid o (y)n y sefyllfa oeddech chi yno fo noson honno # (y)r unig beth <fasen nhw> [?] medru deu(d) [//] meddwl oedd +"/ .
  if_be.2PL.CONDITunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT grasp.NONFINgrasp.V.INFIN inin.PREP muchmany.QUAN oneone.NUM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN PRTPRT locallocal.ADJ andand.CONJ POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF situationsituation.N.F.SG be.2PL.IMPbe.V.2P.IMPERF PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P in.3SMthere.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S nightnight.N.F.SG thatthat.ADJ.DEM.F.SG DETthe.DET.DEF onlyonly.PREQ thingwhat.INT be.3PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.PLUPERF+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF
  if you took many people who live locally and put them in the situation you were in that night, the only thing they could think was:
301ADWrywbeth nad oedd ei frawd sy (y)n hŷn na fo erioed wedi wneud .
  somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM NEGwho_not.PRON.REL.NEG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S brotherbrother.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT olderolder.ADJ than(n)or.CONJ PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S nevernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  something that his brother, who is older than he, had never done.
427ADW+< a mi weles i o <yn y> [//] # yn y geiriadur diweddara (y)ma rwan s(y) gen Bruce_GriffithsCE +.. .
  andand.CONJ PRTPRT.AFF see.1S.PASTsee.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF dictionarydictionary.N.M.SG latestupdate.V.2S.IMPER herehere.ADV nownow.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP Bruce_Griffithsname
  and I saw it in the latest dictionary now, the one by Bruce Griffiths.
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...
670BAEfo sy (we)di bod yn [?] edrych ar_ôl y merlod ar ochr BethesdaCE (y)n_de .
  PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN afterafter.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF poniesunk onon.PREP sideside.N.F.SG Bethesdaname TAGisn't_it.IM
  it's him who's been looking after the ponies next to Bethesda isn't it
750ADWond eich coes chi yn aml iawn sy chael hi .
  butbut.CONJ POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P legleg.N.F.SG PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT oftenfrequent.ADJ veryvery.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+AM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  but it's your own leg that very often gets it.

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