SIARAD - Smith1
Instances of well for speaker CEI

212CEIyeahCE well gyn i rugbyCE .
  yeahyeah.ADV betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S rugbyrugby.N.SG
  yeah, I prefer rugby
411CEIdan ni well sti [?] siarad fo na +.. .
  be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM know.2Syou_know.IM speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTno.ADV
  we're better, you know, at speaking it than...
446CEIwellCE dyna be (dd)eudodd GaryCE .
  wellwell.ADV therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM Garyname
  well that's what Gary said
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...
623CEIrugbyCE (y)dy (y)r gameCE well sti [?] .
  rugbyrugby.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF gamegame.N.SG.[or].came.AV.PAST+SM betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM know.2Syou_know.IM
  rugby's the better game, you know
630CEIxxx # ac yn well na fi (y)n chwarae yndy [?] .
  andand.CONJ PRTPRT betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM PRT(n)or.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  [...] and better than me at playing, aren't they
643CEI<ella &s> [///] (ba)sai well (peta)swn i (we)di prynu un i xxx [//] rhoi un o (r)heina i hi Dolig [//] # erCE # o [?] holidayCE .
  perhapsmaybe.ADV be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM if_be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF.HYP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP buy.NONFINbuy.V.INFIN oneone.NUM forto.PREP give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN oneone.NUM ofof.PREP thosethose.PRON forto.PREP PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG IMer.IM fromof.PREP holidayholiday.N.SG
  perhaps...it would have been better had I bought one for [...] ...give her one of those for Christmas...er, from holidays

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