SIARAD - Fusser4
Instances of sy for speaker ADW

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?"
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...
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...
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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