SIARAD - Fusser8
Instances of ben

134MENoedd o medru wneud allan o (e)i ben .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM outout.ADV ofof.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S headhead.N.M.SG+SM
  he could do it out of his head
1234ANG&=laugh hwnna ben lawr sorryCE xxx .
  thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG headhead.N.M.SG+SM downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM sorrysorry.ADJ
  that upside-down sorry [...]
1370ANG<ond bod hwn> [//] # &=sigh mae hwn ar ben lawr .
  butbut.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG onon.PREP headhead.N.M.SG+SM downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM
  except this...this is upside-down
1373ANG+< mae hwnna ddod allan ar ben i_lawr te .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM outout.ADV onon.PREP headhead.N.M.SG+SM downdown.ADV TAGbe.IM
  that comes out upside-down, right
1378ANGmae hwnna ben lawr .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG headhead.N.M.SG+SM downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM
  that's upside-down
2208MENtri o blant lovelyE a StaceyCE ddel # xxx gwyneb hi <a pwt o ben> [=! laughs] xxx .
  three.Mthree.NUM.M ofof.PREP childrenchild.N.M.PL+SM lovelylove.V.3P.PRES+ADV andand.CONJ Staceyname prettypretty.ADJ+SM faceface.N.M.SG PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S andand.CONJ bitpet.N.M.SG ofof.PREP headhead.N.M.SG+SM
  three lovely children and pretty Stacey [...] her face and a scrap of head [...]
2351BREmae nhw &mar [//] mor falch o weld rywun dydyn yn yr oed yna pan mae nhw ar ben eu hun .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P soso.ADV gladproud.ADJ+SM ofof.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM be.3PL.PRES.NEGbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF ageage.N.M.SG therethere.ADV whenwhen.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P onon.PREP headhead.N.M.SG+SM POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P selfself.PRON.SG
  they're so glad to see somebody, aren't they, when they're that age, when they're by themselves

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