SIARAD - Roberts1
Instances of swnio

147HEFmae [/] mae nhw justCE # yn swnio (y)n # rhy ddifrifol # drwy (y)r amser fe(l) [/] fel (pe)tasen nhw yn darllen o bapur .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P justjust.ADV PRTPRT sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN PRTPRT tootoo.ADJ seriousserious.ADJ+SM throughthrough.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF timetime.N.M.SG likelike.CONJ likelike.CONJ if_be.3PL.CONDITunk PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT read.NONFINread.V.INFIN fromhe.PRON.M.3S paperpaper.N.M.SG+SM
  they just sound too serious all the time, as if they were reading from paper
176HEFyeahCE <mae &sn> [//] mae (y)n swnio &m yn [/] # yn ddi_glem yn unig +/ .
  yeahyeah.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP cluelessunk PRTPRT onlyonly.PREQ.[or].lonely.ADJ
  yeah he just sounds clueless
191HEFond oedd y lleis(iau) [/] # lleisiau ddim yn swnio # mor wahanol â hynny i w_gilydd .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF voicesvoices.N.M.PL voicesvoices.N.M.PL NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN soas.ADJ differentdifferent.ADJ+SM PRTas.CONJ thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP toto.PREP each_otherunk
  but the voic...voices didn't sound that different to each other
284HOWa [?] mae justCE yn swnio wych de .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADV PRTPRT sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN brilliantsplendid.ADJ+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  and it just sounds brilliant, you know
289HOWxx justCE yn &=laugh swnio (y)n wirion nes fod o (y)n ddeud o .
  justjust.ADV PRTPRT sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN PRTPRT sillysilly.ADJ+SM.[or].check.V.1P.PAST+SM.[or].check.V.3P.PAST+SM untilnearer.ADJ.COMP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  [...] just sounds silly until he says it
291HOWwedyn mae swnio (y)n coolCE # wellCE gynna i beth bynnag .
  thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN PRTPRT coolcool.V.INFIN wellwell.ADV with.1Swith_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S PRON.1Sto.PREP whatthing.N.M.SG+SM ever-ever.ADJ
  then it sounds cool, well to me, anyway
339HOWachos mae House_of_BluesCE yn swnio fwy fath â +// .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES House_of_Bluesname PRTPRT sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN moremore.ADJ.COMP+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ
  because House of Blues sounds more like...
340HOWo'n i mynd i ddeud swnio fwy fath â clubCE bach .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM sound.NONFINsound.V.INFIN moremore.ADJ.COMP+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP clubclub.N.SG smallsmall.ADJ
  I was going to say sounds more like a small club

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