SIARAD - Stammers4
Instances of sy for speaker ELE

1ELEa pwy sy (y)n dod i weld y sioe ?
  andand.CONJ whowho.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF showshow.N.F.SG
  and who's coming to see the show?
78ELEa mae (we)di penderfynu bod am wneud y darnau # sy ganddo fo de ?
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP decide.NONFINdecide.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF piecesfragments.N.M.PL.[or].pieces.N.M.PL be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.3SMwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S TAGbe.IM+SM
  and he's decided he's going to do the pieces he's got, right?
89ELEsy (y)n golygu bod (y)na chwe_deg ceiniog am pres pocketCE wedyn does ?
  be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT mean.NONFINedit.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN therethere.ADV sixtysixty.NUM pennypenny.N.F.SG forfor.PREP moneymoney.N.M.SG pocketpocket.N.SG thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG
  which means there's sixty pence for pocket money then, isn't there?
181ELE+< wellCE pwy sy (y)n chwarae hwnna te ?
  wellwell.ADV whowho.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG thenbe.IM
  well, who plays that then?
446ELE+" wellCE blwyddyn dau sy (y)n cael # erCE actio # a chanu .
  wellwell.ADV yearyear.N.F.SG two.Mtwo.NUM.M be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN IMer.IM act.NONFINact.V.INFIN andand.CONJ sing.NONFINsing.V.INFIN+AM
  "it's year two that get to act and sing."
539ELEofn sy gen i iddo gael ei siomi (fe)lly timod .
  fearfear.N.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.1Swith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S disappoint.NONFINdisappoint.V.INFIN thusso.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  I'm afraid of him being disappointed, you know.
565ELEdyna sy (y)n bwysig iddo fo wan de ?
  therethat_is.ADV be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT importantimportant.ADJ+SM to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  that's what's important to him now, right?
720ELEdwn i (ddi)m pwy sy (we)di bod wrthi .
  know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whowho.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN at.3SFto_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S
  I don't know who's been at it.

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