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Instances of bach for speaker ABE

109ABEmae gyn ti erCE gored bach niceCE iawn yn GlynnogCE de .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S IMer.IM weirunk smallsmall.ADJ nicenice.ADJ veryvery.ADV inin.PREP Clynnogname TAGbe.IM+SM
  you've got a really nice little weir in Clynnog, right
208ABEwedyn oedd y [/] # y gawell (y)ma yn ffitio # umCE i_fewn i # fel hafn bach # yn y dŵr yn_de yn yr afon (fe)lly .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF cageunk herehere.ADV PRTPRT fit.NONFINfit.V.INFIN IMum.IM inin.PREP toto.PREP likelike.CONJ crevasseunk smallsmall.ADJ inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF waterwater.N.M.SG TAGisn't_it.IM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF riverriver.N.F.SG thusso.ADV
  then this cage would fit um into like a little crevasse in the water, right, in the river, like
336ABEond justCE meddwl bod [//] mae hwnna (y)n un bach da iawn oherwydd bod [?] dangos y [/] # y [/] y cwm yn ei gyfanrwydd a (y)r pentre (y)n y canol ac wrth_gwrs # dim ruddydendronsCE de .
  butbut.CONJ justjust.ADV think.NONFINthought.N.M.SG.[or].think.V.2S.IMPER.[or].think.V.3S.PRES.[or].think.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG PRTPRT oneone.NUM smallsmall.ADJ goodgood.ADJ veryvery.ADV becausebecause.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN show.NONFINshow.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF valleycirque.N.M.SG inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S.[or].her.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].go.V.2S.PRES entiretyunk andand.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF villagevillage.N.M.SG inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF middlemiddle.N.M.SG andand.CONJ of_courseof_course.ADV NEGnothing.N.M.SG.[or].not.ADV ruddydendronsunk TAGbe.IM+SM
  but I just thought that that's a really good little one because it shows the valley in its entirety and the village in the middle, and of course, no ruddydendrons, right
640ABEyli wyt ti (y)n umCE # mynd i gael dipyn bach mwy o amser wan i ddilyn y diddordebau (y)ma dwyt xx .
  see.2S.IMPERyou_know.IM be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP IMum.IM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ moremore.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP timetime.N.M.SG nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM toto.PREP follow.NONFINfollow.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF interestsinterests.N.M.PL herehere.ADV be.2S.PRES.NEGbe.V.2S.PRES.NEG
  listen, you're um going to have a little more time now to follow these interests, aren't you [...]
883ABE+< eto fyth os byswn i mynd yn_ôl ryw dro arall a bod o # mewn # temperCE dipyn bach yn wahanol # neu bod chdi (we)di procio rywbeth ryw triggerCE arbennig timod (ba)set ti gael fflydlif [?] de .
  yetagain.ADV evernever.ADV+SM ifif.CONJ be.1S.CONDITfinger.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN backback.ADV somesome.PREQ+SM turnturn.N.M.SG+SM otherother.ADJ andand.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP tempertemper.N.SG a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ PRTPRT differentdifferent.ADJ+SM oror.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRT.PASTafter.PREP prod.NONFINpoke.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM somesome.PREQ+SM triggertrigger.N.SG specialspecial.ADJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES be.2S.CONDITbe.V.2S.PLUPERF PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM floodunk TAGbe.IM+SM
  yet again, if I went back some other time and he was in a slightly different mood or that you'd probed something, some special trigger, you know, you'd get a flood, you know
963ABE+, <ac yn> [//] # a medru bod yn # justCE # patchCE bach yn gymaint â (y)r stafell (y)ma weithiau timod neu lai hyd_(y)n_oed de timod a # mewn cyswllt mwy pan ti (y)n sbïo ar yr erCE # ffordd mae o (y)n # tonyddu i_fewn i gymuned arall # drws nesa iddo fo ac yn y blaen de timod .
  andand.CONJ PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP andand.CONJ can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT justjust.ADV patchpatch.N.SG smallsmall.ADJ PRTPRT so_muchso much.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF roomroom.N.F.SG herehere.ADV sometimestimes.N.F.PL+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES oror.CONJ smallersmaller.ADJ.COMP+SM eveneven.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES andand.CONJ inin.PREP connectionlink.N.M.SG moremore.ADJ.COMP whenwhen.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM wayway.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP wave.NONFINunk inin.PREP toto.PREP communitycommunity.N.F.SG+SM otherother.ADJ doordoor.N.M.SG nextnext.ADJ.SUP to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S andand.CONJ inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF frontfront.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  and can be just a small patch as big as this room sometimes, you know, or smaller even, right you know, and in a wider sense when you look at er the way it seeps into another community next door to it and so forth, isn't it, you know
1001ABEmae gynnon ni (ei)n ynys bach yn fan (y)na timod .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES with.1PLwith_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P POSS.1PLour.ADJ.POSS.1P islandisland.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  we've got our little island there, you know
1014ABEond timod pan o'n i fwy yn # &d [//] erCE yn BetwsCE cyn symud i NeboCE (fe)lly timod duwcs <oedd (y)na> [//] [?] oedd gyn i (y)chydig bach mwy o ddiddordeb yn yr umCE +/ .
  butbut.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S moremore.ADJ.COMP+SM inPRT.[or].in.PREP IMer.IM inin.PREP Betwsname beforebefore.PREP move.NONFINmove.V.INFIN toto.PREP Neboname thusso.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES goshunk be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S a_littlea_little.QUAN smallsmall.ADJ moremore.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP interestinterest.N.M.SG+SM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMum.IM
  but you know, when I was in er in Betws more, before moving to Nebo, like, you know, gosh there was...I had a little more interest in the um...
1050ABEond eto fyth mae (y)na ryw Enlli bach yn y mhen i de .
  butbut.CONJ yetagain.ADV evernever.ADV+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV somesome.PREQ+SM Bardseyname smallsmall.ADJ inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S headhead.N.M.SG+NM PRON.1Sto.PREP TAGbe.IM+SM
  and yet, there's a little Bardsey in my head, you know
1092ABE+, yn byw yn dlodaidd gythreulig de timod a [//] yn yr hen dyddyn bach yna [?] .
  PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP poorlyunk devillishunk TAGbe.IM+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES andand.CONJ inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ homesteadunk smallsmall.ADJ therethere.ADV
  lived incredibly poorly, right, you know, in that old little homestead
1137ABEond ohCE ryw beth bach fath â fi timod de .
  butbut.CONJ IMoh.IM somesome.PREQ+SM thingthing.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES TAGbe.IM+SM
  but oh, a little thing like me, you know, yeah
1153ABEryw ddigwyddiad bach mwya pitw de .
  somesome.PREQ+SM incidentevent.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ mostbiggest.ADJ.SUP tinytiny.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM
  the most trivial little incident, isn't it
1166ABEpan ti (y)n mynd allan efo ryw grewCE o (r)heiny xx bloodyCE diawlaid mwya di_ddim weli di ar &ð wyneb daear # wyt ti isio ryw (y)chydig bach o +/ .
  whenwhen.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN outout.ADV withwith.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM crewgrew.SV.INFIN.[or].crew.N.SG+SM ofof.PREP thosethose.PRON bloodybloody.ADJ devilsunk mostbiggest.ADJ.SUP insignificantunk see.2S.NONPASTsee.V.2S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM onon.PREP faceface.N.M.SG.[or].face.N.M.SG+SM earthearth.N.F.SG be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S wantwant.N.M.SG somesome.PREQ+SM a_littlea_little.QUAN smallsmall.ADJ ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP
  when you're going out with a crew of those [...] most dull bloody devils you'll see on the face of the earth, you need a little bit of...
1222ABEohCE (y)r arglwydd mawr oedd o ramblwr go iawn de # efo (e)i fapCE bach mewn ryw # beth bach plasticCE a rei [?] hongian ar ei frest o timod de .
  IMoh.IM DETthe.DET.DEF lordlord.N.M.SG bigbig.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S ramblerunk ratherrather.ADV rightOK.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM withwith.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S mapbap.N.SG+SM.[or].map.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ inin.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM thingthing.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ plasticplastic.N.SG andand.CONJ somesome.PRON+SM hang.NONFINhang.V.INFIN onon.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S.[or].her.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].go.V.2S.PRES chestunk PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES TAGbe.IM+SM
  oh dear lord, he was a real rambler, right, with his little map in some little plastic thing and hanging on his chest, you know, right
1222ABEohCE (y)r arglwydd mawr oedd o ramblwr go iawn de # efo (e)i fapCE bach mewn ryw # beth bach plasticCE a rei [?] hongian ar ei frest o timod de .
  IMoh.IM DETthe.DET.DEF lordlord.N.M.SG bigbig.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S ramblerunk ratherrather.ADV rightOK.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM withwith.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S mapbap.N.SG+SM.[or].map.N.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ inin.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM thingthing.N.M.SG+SM smallsmall.ADJ plasticplastic.N.SG andand.CONJ somesome.PRON+SM hang.NONFINhang.V.INFIN onon.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S.[or].her.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].go.V.2S.PRES chestunk PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES TAGbe.IM+SM
  oh dear lord, he was a real rambler, right, with his little map in some little plastic thing and hanging on his chest, you know, right
1237ABEa (we)dyn pan oedd hwnnw mynd â ryw griwiau o Saeson o_gwmpas oedd gynno fo fath â ryw microphoneCE bach de timod # ac yn # deud bob mathau o bethau # am enwau (y)r mynyddoedd (y)ma timod .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN withwith.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM crewscrews.N.M.PL+SM offrom.PREP English_peoplename aroundaround.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF with.3SMwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ somesome.PREQ+SM microphonemicrophone.N.SG smallsmall.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES andand.CONJ PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN everyeach.PREQ+SM kindstypes.N.M.PL ofof.PREP thingsthings.N.M.PL+SM aboutfor.PREP namesnames.N.M.PL DETthe.DET.DEF mountainsmountains.N.M.PL herehere.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  and then when he'd take these groups of English people around, he had like some small microphone, right, you know, and would say all kinds of things about the names of these mountains, you know

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