SIARAD - Roberts4
Instances of oedden for speaker MEC

71MECa # oedden nhw (y)n &=clears_throat &g xx # &n (we)di adio (e)u hunain fath â ice_creamCE vanCE fath â nicknameE .
  andand.CONJ be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRT.PASTafter.PREP add.NONFINadd.V.INFIN POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P selfself.PRON.PL kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ ice_creamunk vanvan.N.SG kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP nicknamenickname.N.SG
  and they'd added themselves as an ice-cream van, like a nickname
94MEC<doedden ni> [//] # oedden ni chwarae (y)n # sâl de .
  be.1PL.IMP.NEGbe.V.3P.IMPERF.NEG PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN PRTPRT sickill.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM
  we weren't...we were playing poorly, you know
186MECoedden [=? oedd nhw] (we)di bod efo gameCE &p # adeg yna doedden .
  be.3PL.PASTbe.V.13P.IMPERF PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN withwith.PREP gamegame.N.SG.[or].came.AV.PAST+SM timetime.N.F.SG therethere.ADV be.3PL.IMP.NEGbe.V.3P.IMPERF.NEG
  they'd had a game then, hadn't they
258MEC<oedden nhw chwarae> [//] <oedden nhw (y)n> [///] # wnaethon nhw roi well gameCE i Lloegr wnaethon ni roid .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP do.3PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM gamegame.N.SG.[or].came.AV.PAST+SM toto.PREP EnglandEngland.N.F.SG.PLACE do.1PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM
  they played...they were...they gave England a better game than we did
258MEC<oedden nhw chwarae> [//] <oedden nhw (y)n> [///] # wnaethon nhw roi well gameCE i Lloegr wnaethon ni roid .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP do.3PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM gamegame.N.SG.[or].came.AV.PAST+SM toto.PREP EnglandEngland.N.F.SG.PLACE do.1PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM
  they played...they were...they gave England a better game than we did
260MECoedden nhw yna (y)n yr hanner gynta .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P therethere.ADV inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF halfhalf.N.M.SG firstfirst.ORD+SM
  they were there in the first half
1238MECo leia oedden nhw (we)di # &pein +// .
  ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP leastsmallest.ADJ+SM.[or].least.ADJ+SM be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRT.PASTafter.PREP
  at least they had...
1239MECoedden nhw (we)di peintio dillad .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRT.PASTafter.PREP paint.NONFINpaint.V.INFIN clothesclothes.N.M.PL
  they'd painted their clothes
1253MEC<oedden nhw> [///] umCE oedd (yn)a ryw ddynes (y)ma (y)n canu # Ave_MariaCE .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P IMum.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV somesome.PREQ+SM womanwoman.N.F.SG+SM herehere.ADV PRTPRT sing.NONFINsing.V.INFIN Ave_Marianame
  they were...um, this woman was singing Ave Maria

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