SIARAD - Smith1
Instances of am for speaker DEW

29DEWdan ni dal isio siarad am: +.. .
  be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P stillcontinue.V.INFIN wantwant.N.M.SG speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN forfor.PREP
  we still need to talk for...
70DEWella bod nhw (y)n gorod gadael pethau fel (y)ma (y)ma am ddim yeahCE .
  perhapsmaybe.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN leave.NONFINleave.V.INFIN thingsthings.N.M.PL likelike.CONJ herehere.ADV herehere.ADV forfor.PREP NEGnothing.N.M.SG+SM yeahyeah.ADV
  perhaps they have to let things like this here for free, yeah
107DEWmae nhw &k crefu am erCE bobl i wneud hynna # &d i ddysgu (y)na [?] .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P crave.NONFINimplore.V.INFIN forfor.PREP IMer.IM peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP toto.PREP teach.NONFINteach.V.INFIN+SM therethere.ADV
  they're desperate for, er, people to do that, to teach there
116DEWxxx betCE xxx (ba)sai hwnna siarad am: oriau hwnna # bysai .
  betbet.N.SG.[or].pet.N.SG+SM be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN forfor.PREP hourshours.N.F.PL thatthat.ADJ.DEM.M.SG be.3S.CONDITfinger.V.3S.IMPERF
  [...] bet [...] he'd talk for hours he would, wouldn't he
128DEWmae (y)n braf gael sitE downE am hanner awr anywayE .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT finefine.ADJ get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM sitsit.SV.INFIN downdown.PREP forfor.PREP halfhalf.N.M.SG hourhour.N.F.SG anywayanyway.ADV
  it's nice to have a sit down for half an hour anyway
143DEWtynnu am wellCE un_ar_ddeg .
  pull.NONFINdraw.V.INFIN forfor.PREP wellwell.ADV eleveneleven.NUM
  coming up to, well, eleven
145DEWbe ti am gael ?
  whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S forfor.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM
  what are you going to have?
197DEW+< soCE &p pwy ti am # gefnogi (fe)lly ## ehCE ?
  soso.ADV whowho.PRON PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S forfor.PREP support.NONFINsupport.V.INFIN+SM thusso.ADV IMeh.IM
  so who are you going to support then, eh?
230DEWisio ni siarad am hanner awr mae o .
  wantwant.N.M.SG PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P speak.NONFINntalk.V.INFIN forfor.PREP halfhalf.N.M.SG hourhour.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  he wants us to talk for half an hour
273DEW(ba)sai hwnna siarad am +// .
  be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN forfor.PREP
  he'd talk for...
274DEW(ba)sai hwnna (ddi)m cau geg am &t dau ddiwrnod .
  be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG NEGnot.ADV+SM close.NONFINclose.V.INFIN mouthmouth.N.F.SG+SM forfor.PREP two.Mtwo.NUM.M dayday.N.M.SG+SM
  he wouldn't shut up for two days
279DEWbe dan ni am wneud fory ?
  whatwhat.INT be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM tomorrowtomorrow.ADV
  what are we going to do tomorrow?
370DEWpwy sy am ennill Big_BrotherCE (fe)lly ?
  whowho.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL forfor.PREP win.NONFINwin.V.INFIN Big_Brothername thusso.ADV
  who's going to win Big Brother then?
377DEWohCE dw i meddwl na PeteCE am bod umCE mae (we)di [//] # salwch gynno fo TourettesCE (y)na .
  IMoh.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN PRT(n)or.CONJ Petename forfor.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN IMum.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP ilnessillness.N.M.SG with.3SMwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S Tourettesname therethere.ADV
  oh I think Pete, because he's got that illnes, that Tourettes
511DEWawn ni (y)na am dro i weld # ia ?
  go.1PL.NONPASTgo.V.1P.PRES pro.1PLwe.PRON.1P therethere.ADV forfor.PREP turnturn.N.M.SG+SM toto.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM yesyes.ADV
  we'll go there for a walk to see, yes?
541DEWxxx # beth am mynd i umCE # nôl (ryw)beth i fwyta ar_ôl fan hyn ?
  whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP IMum.IM fetch.NONFINback.ADV.[or].fetch.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM toto.PREP eat.NONFINeat.V.INFIN+SM afterafter.PREP placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM thisthis.ADJ.DEM.SP
  [...] what about going to, um, get something to eat after this place?
579DEWawn ni chwilio am (r)heina wedyn .
  go.1PL.NONPASTgo.V.1P.PRES PRON.1Swe.PRON.1P search.NONFINsearch.V.INFIN forfor.PREP thosethose.PRON thenafterwards.ADV
  we'll go look for those afterwards
586DEWchwilio [?] am baned arall .
  search.NONFINsearch.V.INFIN forfor.PREP cuppacupful.N.M.SG+SM otherother.ADJ
  looking for another cuppa
587DEWdw (y)n barod am baned arall yn munud .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRTPRT readyready.ADJ+SM forfor.PREP cuppacupful.N.M.SG+SM otherother.ADJ inPRT.[or].in.PREP minuteminute.N.M.SG
  I'm ready for another cuppa in a minute
626DEWam be ?
  forfor.PREP whatwhat.INT
  what for?
658DEWam faint ?
  forfor.PREP how_muchsize.N.M.SG+SM
  how long for?
730DEWam [=? ond] be ?
  forfor.PREP whatwhat.INT
  for what?

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