SIARAD - Roberts4
Instances of saith for speaker LIL

651LILalla i ddeud (wr)thot ti bod o (y)n cymryd saith awr i yrru (y)na .
  can.1S.NONPASTbe_able.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM to.2Sto you.PREP+PRON.2S PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN sevenseven.NUM hourhour.N.F.SG toto.PREP drive.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN+SM therethere.ADV
  I can tell you that it takes seven hours to drive there
829LIL&=laugh ti (ddi)m isio beicio <&s &n> [//] saith milltir ar_ôl gorffen +/ .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM wantwant.N.M.SG cycle.NONFINcycle.V.INFIN sevenseven.NUM milemile.N.F.SG afterafter.PREP finish.NONFINcomplete.V.INFIN
  you don't want to cycle seven miles after finishing...
858LILsoCE mae [/] # mae dau ddiwrnod allan o saith wsnos (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn rhy ddrwg .
  soso.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES two.Mtwo.NUM.M dayday.N.M.SG+SM outout.ADV ofof.PREP.[or].he.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP sevenseven.NUM weekweek.N.F.SG be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT tootoo.ADJ badbad.ADJ+SM
  so two days out of seven weeks, it's not too bad
1129LIL&sa yeahCE saith wsnos ydy o yeahCE a wedyn chwech wythnos o [/] o placementE ?
  yeahyeah.ADV sevenseven.NUM weekweek.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S yeahyeah.ADV andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV sixsix.NUM weekweek.N.F.SG ofof.PREP ofof.PREP placementplacement.N.SG
  yeah, it's seven weeks, yeah, and then six weeks of placement?

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