SIARAD - Roberts3
Instances of basai for speaker LER

424LERnac (y)dy (be)causeE oedd hi (y)n gofyn hefyd ti (y)n gweld os (f)ysai (y)na rywle (ba)sai hi (y)n gallu dod i weld o ryw bnawn .
  NEGPRT.NEG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN alsoalso.ADV PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN ifif.CONJ be.3S.CONDITfinger.V.3S.IMPERF+SM therethere.ADV somewheresomewhere.N.M.SG+SM be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S somesome.PREQ+SM afternoonafternoon.N.M.SG+SM
  no, because she was asking too, you see, if there was somewhere she could come see it some afternoon
545LERa wedyn # (ba)sai hi (y)n justCE yn stopio (y)n stond achos oedd (y)na ormod o bobl yna .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT justjust.ADV PRTPRT stop.NONFINstop.V.INFIN PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP stillunk becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV too_muchtoo_much.QUANT+SM ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM therethere.ADV
  and then she'd just stop because there were too many people there
1088LERachos o'n i (y)n deud wrth GrahamCE oohCE # i ddeud y gwir os [/] <os (y)dy o (y)n we(rth)> [//] <os oes (yn)a> [/] # os oes (yn)a geiniog i w gwneud yni hi de # (ba)sai well gyn i werthu fo # a cael tŷ llai am wan de .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN toby.PREP Grahamname IMooh.IM toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF truthtruth.N.M.SG ifif.CONJ ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT worthvalue.N.M.SG+SM.[or].sell.V.3S.PRES+SM ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF therethere.ADV ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF therethere.ADV pennypenny.N.F.SG+SM toto.PREP POSS.3Sooh.IM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN in.3SFunk PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S TAGbe.IM+SM be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S sell.NONFINsell.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S andand.CONJ get.NONFINget.V.INFIN househouse.N.M.SG smallersmaller.ADJ.COMP forfor.PREP nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM thusbe.IM+SM
  because I was telling Graham, ooh, to tell the truth if...if it's worth...if there's...if there's a penny to be made in it, right, I'd rather sell it and get a smaller house for now, you know
1097LERac o'n i (y)n deud (ba)sai tŷ tair llofft yn gwneud i ni i ddeud y gwir .
  andand.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF househouse.N.M.SG three.Fthree.NUM.F loftbedroom.N.F.SG PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN forto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF truthtruth.N.M.SG
  and I was saying, a three bedroom house would to for us, to tell the truth
1126LER+" wellCE ia greatCE # ond # dw i (ddi)m isio # &ax # dod i FangorCE am y rheswm syml # (ba)sai (y)n meddwl i ni # fynd â GwynCE # ar yr ynys dwy waith yr wsnos neu # roid o (y)n y meithrinfa # yn llawn amser .
  wellwell.ADV yesyes.ADV greatgreat.ADJ butbut.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM wantwant.N.M.SG come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP Bangorname forfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF reasonreason.N.M.SG simplesimple.ADJ be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN forto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP Gwynname onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF islandisland.N.F.SG two.Ftwo.NUM.F timetime.N.F.SG+SM DETthe.DET.DEF weekweek.N.F.SG oror.CONJ put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF nurseryunk PRTPRT fullfull.ADJ timetime.N.M.SG
  "well yes great but I don't want to come to Bangor for the simple reason that it would mean us taking Gwyn on the island twice a week or putting him in the nursery full-time"

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