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46MECsoCE pwy sy (we)di ennill y leagueE ta ?
  soso.ADV whowho.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP win.NONFINwin.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF leagueleague.N.SG thenbe.IM
  so who's won the league then?
72MECa wedyn xxx # rywun ofyn y scoreCE +"/ .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM ask.NONFINask.V.3S.PRES+SM.[or].ask.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF scorescore.N.SG
  and then[...] somebody asked what the score was:
75MECdyna (oe)dd y scoreCE ninety_nineE nilE &=sigh .
  therethat_is.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF scorescore.N.SG ninety_nineunk nilnil.N.SG
  that's what the score was, ninety-nine nil
98MECond y peth ydy gameCE cyn hynna wnaethon ni chwarae WrexhamCE .
  butbut.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES beforegame.N.SG.[or].came.AV.PAST+SM thatbefore.PREP do.1PL.PASTthat.PRON.DEM.SP PRON.1PLdo.V.3P.PAST+SM play.NONFINwe.PRON.1P Wrexhamplay.V.INFIN name
  but the thing is, the game before that we played Wrexham
204MECpwy ti meddwl wneith ennill y # chwe gwlad ta ?
  whowho.PRON PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN do.3S.NONPASTdo.V.3S.FUT+SM win.NONFINwin.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF sixsix.NUM countrycountry.N.F.SG thenbe.IM
  who do you think will win the six nations [rugby championship] then?
424MECbe ar y bankCE ?
  whatwhat.INT onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF bankbank.N.SG
  what, on the bank
539MECdw i nabod y boyCE <oedd erCE &a> [//] oedd biau fan (y)na blaen .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S know.NONFINknow_someone.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF boyboy.N.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF IMer.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF own.NONFINown.V.INFIN+SM placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV beforefront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM
  I know the guy who owned there before
545MECfan (y)na oedd y tro gynta wellCE a tro ola dw meddwl i fi # gael neidr ar cefn fi # roundCE gwddw fi .
  placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthat.PRON.REL turnturn.N.M.SG firstfirst.ORD+SM wellwell.ADV andand.CONJ turnturn.N.M.SG finallast.ADJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN forto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM snakesnake.N.F.SG onon.PREP backback.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM roundround.ADJ neckneck.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  that's where I had, for the first time, well and the last time I think, a snake on my back, round my neck
568MECmae o &l [/] # lan y môr niceCE de .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S shoreshore.N.F.SG+SM DETthe.DET.DEF seasea.N.M.SG nicenice.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM
  it is a nice beach, you know
794MEC+< yeahCE achos ti heb (we)di bod yn y carCE xx +/ .
  yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S withoutwithout.PREP PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF carcar.N.SG
  yeah, because you haven't been in the car [...] ...
833MECachos o'n i (ddi)m yn gallu actuallyE gweithio (y)n y dillad o'n i (we)di # beicio na [=? yna] .
  bacausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF clothesclothes.N.M.PL be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP cycle.NONFINcycle.V.INFIN thereno.ADV
  because I couldn't actually work in the clothes I'd cycled in, no
942MECo'n i (y)n gwybod y storyCE .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF storystory.N.SG
  I knew the story
1075MECohCE gynnoch chi hynna cyn y gameCE ?
  IMoh.IM with.2PLwith_you.PREP+PRON.2P PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP beforebefore.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF gamegame.N.SG.[or].came.AV.PAST+SM
  oh you've got that before the game?
1086MECsoCE (y)dy # tad # y hogan (y)ma <dod i> [/] dod # i_fyny xx (y)r un swydd i wneud hynna ?
  soso.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES fatherfather.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF girlgirl.N.F.SG herehere.ADV come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN upup.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM jobjob.N.F.SG toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP
  so is this girl's dad coming...coming up [...] especially to do that?
1192MECxxx # xxx # <ti isio> [?] <siarad efo> [//] # darllen y questionCE yn iawn +/ .
  xyou.PRON.2S PRON.2Swant.N.M.SG wanttalk.V.INFIN speak.NONFINwith.PREP withread.V.INFIN read.NONFINthe.DET.DEF DETquestion.N.SG questionPRT PRTOK.ADV right
  [...] you want to talk to...read the question properly
1210MECoedd y cwestiynau xxx actuallyE .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF questionsquestions.N.M.SG actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV
  the questions [...] actually
1243MECos [/] os oedd (yn)a rywun roi pres oedd mynd [//] # wneud # sŵn y gloch .
  ifif.CONJ ifif.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM moneymoney.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM soundnoise.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF bellbell.N.F.SG+SM
  if...if somebody gave money he'd go...do the sound of the bell
1283MECsbïa [/] sbïa ar y llun yna ta .
  look.2S.IMPERlook.V.2S.IMPER look.2S.IMPERlook.V.2S.IMPER aton.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF picturepicture.N.M.SG therethere.ADV thenbe.IM
  look...look at that picture then
1321MECsoCE dw isio justCE # mynd yn_ôl ato fo a wneud o # y pedwar ochr de mynd # mamCE mamCE fi # mamCE dadCE fi dadCE dadCE fi dadCE mamCE fi .
  soso.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES wantwant.N.M.SG justjust.ADV.[or].just.ADJ go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN backback.ADV to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S andand.CONJ do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF four.Mfour.NUM.M sideside.N.F.SG TAGbe.IM+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN mothermam.N.SG mothermam.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM mothermam.N.SG fatherdad.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM fatherdad.N.SG fatherdad.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM fatherdad.N.SG mothermam.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  so I want to just go back to it and do it, the four sides, you know, go my mother's mother, my father's mother, my father's father, my mother's father

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