SIARAD - Smith1
Instances of mae for speaker CEI

2CEImae ry boeth cael paned .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES tootoo.ADJ+SM hothot.ADJ+SM get.NONFINget.V.INFIN cuppacupful.N.M.SG
  it's too hot to have a cuppa
46CEIohCE yeahCE mae sureCE .
  IMoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ
  oh yeah, probably
58CEI&m <mae sureCE bod> [/] mae sureCE bod nhw [?] deud gwir yndy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN truthtrue.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  they're probably...they're probably telling the truth, are they?
58CEI&m <mae sureCE bod> [/] mae sureCE bod nhw [?] deud gwir yndy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN truthtrue.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  they're probably...they're probably telling the truth, are they?
65CEImae (y)n tua fiveE hundredE aE dayE yndy ?
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP approximatelytowards.PREP fivefive.NUM hundredhundred.NUM aa.DET.INDEF dayday.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  it's about five hundred a day, is it?
75CEImae ry agos .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES tootoo.ADJ+SM closenear.ADJ
  it's too close
105CEImae (y)n hawdd thoughE [?] .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT easyeasy.ADJ thoughthough.CONJ
  it's easy though
120CEIlle mae (y)r tentCE MonaCE ?
  wherewhere.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF tenttent.N.SG Monaname
  where's the Mona tent?
148CEImae (y)n twenty_fiveE pastE tenE wan .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP twenty_fiveunk pastpast.ADJ tenten.NUM nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  it's twenty-five past ten now
176CEIos mae o riportiwn ni nhw .
  ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S report.1PL.NONPASTunk PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  if it does, we'll report them
244CEI(di)m isio siarad mae <o yeahCE> [=! laughs] ?
  NEGnot.ADV wantwant.N.M.SG speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S yeahyeah.ADV
  he doesn't want to talk, yeah?
275CEImae ddistaw (y)ma yndy # heddiw .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES quietsilent.ADJ+SM herehere.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH todaytoday.ADV
  it's quiet here, isn't it, today
277CEImae ddistaw (y)ma heddiw .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES quietsilent.ADJ+SM herehere.ADV todaytoday.ADV
  it's quiet here today
319CEIpam ti xxx fan (y)na mae microphoneCE ?
  whywhy?.ADV PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES microphonemicrophone.N.SG
  why you [...] that's where the microphone is?
331CEI+< genna chdi fath â xxx clywed # be mae pobl # erCE directorsE deud .
  with.2Sgrow_scaly.V.3S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ hear.NONFINhear.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG IMer.IM directorsdirector.N.PL say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN
  you had like [...] hear what people, er, the directors were saying
376CEIia # ond ers i NikkiCE (d)od i_mewn mae # PeteCE yn gael llai a llai o votesCE .
  yesyes.ADV butbut.CONJ sincesince.PREP forto.PREP Nikkiname come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Petename PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP andand.CONJ lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP votesunk
  yes but since Nikki came in, Pete's getting less and less votes
383CEIefo <peth (yn)a> [=? pethau] NikkiCE # mae (y)na llai a llai o bobl licio fo wan .
  withwith.PREP thingthing.N.M.SG therethere.ADV Nikkiname be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP andand.CONJ lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  with that Nikki thing, less and less people like him now
386CEI+< ohCE yeahCE ond mae (y)n coolCE thoughE yndy xxx +.. .
  IMoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT coolcool.V.INFIN thoughthough.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  oh yeah, but it's cool though, isn't it, [...] ...
387CEImae (y)n coolCE bod mae nôl i_mewn thoughE (y)ndy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT coolcool.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES backfetch.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP thoughthough.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  it's cool that she's back in, though, isn't it
387CEImae (y)n coolCE bod mae nôl i_mewn thoughE (y)ndy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT coolcool.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES backfetch.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP thoughthough.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  it's cool that she's back in, though, isn't it
390CEImae (y)n coolCE bod mae nôl i_mewn .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT coolcool.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES backfetch.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP
  it's cool that she's back in
390CEImae (y)n coolCE bod mae nôl i_mewn .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT coolcool.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES backfetch.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP
  it's cool that she's back in
407CEImae nhw dallt iaith ni (y)dyn .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN languagelanguage.N.F.SG PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES
  they understand our language, don't they
437CEIella mae nhw .
  perhapsmaybe.ADV be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  perhaps they are
444CEIi drio fath â ffeindio allan # sut mae # dau bersonCE Cymraeg yn siarad efo (e)i_gilydd <(fe)lly yeahCE> [?] .
  toto.PREP try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ find.NONFINfind.V.INFIN outout.ADV howhow.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES two.Mtwo.NUM.M personperson.N.SG+SM WelshWelsh.N.F.SG PRTPRT speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN withwith.PREP each_othereach_other.PRON.3SP thusso.ADV yeahyeah.ADV
  to try to, like, find out how two Welsh-speaking people talk to each other, like, yeah
472CEIia mae (y)na busCE mynd yna does .
  yesyes.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV busbus.N.SG.[or].pus.N.SG+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN therethere.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG
  yes, there's a bus going there, isn't there
510CEI<mae nhw justCE tu fas i (y)r ffair> [?] .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P justjust.ADV sideside.N.M.SG outshallow.ADJ+SM.[or].bass.ADJ+SM toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF fairfair.N.F.SG
  they're just outside the fair
555CEIond [?] mae dda .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES goodgood.ADJ+SM
  but it's good
557CEImae well i # gael mwy o le justCE +.. .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM moremore.ADJ.COMP ofof.PREP placeplace.N.M.SG+SM justjust.ADV.[or].just.ADJ
  it's better to have more space, just...
563CEI<mae pobl> [/] mae pobl dal yn gwely adeg yma .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG stillstill.ADV inPRT.[or].in.PREP bedbed.N.M.SG timetime.N.F.SG herehere.ADV
  people...people are still in bed at this time
563CEI<mae pobl> [/] mae pobl dal yn gwely adeg yma .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG stillstill.ADV inPRT.[or].in.PREP bedbed.N.M.SG timetime.N.F.SG herehere.ADV
  people...people are still in bed at this time
565CEImae pobl dal yn gwely nhw adeg yma gloch y bore .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG stillstill.ADV inPRT.[or].in.PREP bedbed.N.M.SG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P timetime.N.F.SG herehere.ADV clockbell.N.F.SG+SM DETthe.DET.DEF morningmorning.N.M.SG
  people are still in their beds at this time of the morning
629CEIjustCE mae &hʊ [//] # pawb xxx fath â # (we)di bod yna ers blwyddyn saith .
  justjust.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES everybodyeveryone.PRON kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN therethere.ADV sincesince.PREP yearyear.N.F.SG sevenseven.NUM
  just everybody's been, like, there since year seven
693CEIia ond [?] os mae roi fi lawr i weithio dydd Sadwrn dw gorod [?] gweithio (y)ndw .
  yesyes.ADV butbut.CONJ ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM toto.PREP work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN+SM dayday.N.M.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES.EMPH
  yes but if she/he puts me down to work on Saturday, I have to work, don't I
732CEI<be mae nhw ddeud> [?] xxx wneud un <a justCE> [?] &=yawn xxx [=! yawns] .
  whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM oneone.NUM andand.CONJ justjust.ADV
  what they say [...] do one and just [...]
769CEI<wnei di> [?] text_ioE+cym fi xxx pryd mae o ?
  do.2S.NONPASTdo.V.2S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM text.NONFINtext.SV.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM whenwhen.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  will you text me [...] when it is?
779CEIdo mae (we)di mynd yn fastCE .
  yesyes.ADV.PAST be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN PRTPRT fastfast.ADJ.[or].bast.N.SG+SM.[or].mast.N.SG+SM
  yes, it's gone fast
784CEI<alla i (ddi)m> [?] coelio bod mae [?] pobl cerdded roundCE (y)ma efo shortsCE yeahCE .
  can.1S.NONPASTbe_able.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM believe.NONFINbelieve.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG walk.NONFINwalk.V.INFIN aroundround.ADJ herehere.ADV withwith.PREP shortsshort.ADJ+PL.[or].shorts.N.PL yeahyeah.ADV
  I can't believe that people are walking around this place with shorts, yeah
829CEIia mae nhw (y)n dod i_lawr yn prisiau peth (y)na thoughE (y)ndy .
  yesyes.ADV be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN downdown.ADV inPRT.[or].in.PREP pricesprices.N.M.PL thingthing.N.M.SG therethere.ADV thoughthough.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  yes they're coming down in the prices of thingy though, aren't they

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