SIARAD - Roberts3
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78LERa wedyn mae sureCE bod hi tua deg munud wedi wyth erbyn (dd)aru fi ddod i_lawr .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S approximatelytowards.PREP tenten.NUM minuteminute.N.M.SG pastafter.PREP eighteight.NUM byby.PREP happen.PASTdo.V.123SP.PAST PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM downdown.ADV
  and then it was probably about ten past eight by the time I came down
503LERmae sureCE bod chdi (y)n # agor dy # beth (y)na dwyt dy (y)sgyfaint i [/] i nofio hwyrach dw (ddi)m yn gwybod .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT open.NONFINopen.V.INFIN POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S thingwhat.INT therethere.ADV be.2S.PRES.NEGbe.V.2S.PRES.NEG POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S lungslung.N.F.SG toto.PREP toto.PREP swimswim.V.INFIN perhapsperhaps.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN
  you probably open your thingy, your lungs to...to swim perhaps, I don't know
616LERac [?] mae sureCE mai rowCE ga i pan ddeuda i +"/ .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS rowrow.N.SG get.1S.NONPASTget.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S whenwhen.CONJ say.1S.NONPASTsay.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S
  and I'll probably get a telling off when I say:
620LERga i mae sureCE +" .
  get.1S.NONPASTget.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ
  I'll get probably
684LERfydd raid fi weithio tan tua han(ner) (we)di pump chwech heno mae sureCE # i orffen bob_dim [?] .
  be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM necessitynecessity.N.M.SG+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN+SM untiluntil.PREP approximatelytowards.PREP halfhalf.N.M.SG pastafter.PREP fivefive.NUM sixsix.NUM tonighttonight.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ toto.PREP finish.NONFINcomplete.V.INFIN+SM everythingeverything.N.M.SG+SM.[or].everything.PRON
  I'll have to work until about half past five or six tonight probably, to finish everything
1041LER+< (Saes)neg adre yndy sureCE .
  EnglishEnglish.N.F.SG homehome.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH suresure.ADJ
  English at home, yes of course
1143LERohCE EleriCE oedd yn deud sureCE yn gwaith .
  IMoh.IM Eleriname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN suresure.ADJ inPRT.[or].in.PREP workwork.N.M.SG
  oh it was Eleri who was saying, of course, at work
1214LERxx dyna be (dd)aru fi wylio sureCE xx [//] am bod fi ddim yn gwylio The_BillCE .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT happen.PASTdo.V.123SP.PAST PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM watch.NONFINwatch.V.INFIN+SM suresure.ADJ forfor.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT watch.NONFINwatch.V.INFIN The_Billname
  [...] that's what I watched of course [...] ...because I wasn't watching The Bill
1229LERond o'n i meddwl wowCE # dw i sureCE bod # erCE # croen rywun ar y pared doedd am hynna doedd +/ .
  butbut.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN wowwow.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN IMer.IM skinskin.N.M.SG somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM onon.PREP DETthat.PRON.REL partitioncause.V.3S.IMPER be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG forfor.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG
  but I was thinking wow I'm sure, er, someone's head was on the block, wasn't it, for that, wasn't it...
1243LER+" ohCE dw i sureCE bod erCE +/ .
  IMoh.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN IMer.IM
  "oh I'm sure that, er..."
1334LERohCE dw (ddi)m yn sureCE .
  IMoh.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT suresure.ADJ
  oh, I'm not sure
1372LERia (we)dyn mae sureCE na hi wneith gymryd # y gadair wan .
  yesyes.ADV thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ PRT(n)or.CONJ PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S do.3S.NONPASTdo.V.3S.FUT+SM take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF chairchair.N.F.SG+SM nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  yes, so she'll probably take the chair now

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