SIARAD - Stammers7
Instances of gofyn

174GWNa wedyn ## pan dw i (y)n gweddïo dw i fel arfer yn gofyn +"/ .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT pray.NONFINpray.V.INFIN be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S likelike.CONJ habithabit.N.M.SG PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN
  and then when I pray I usually ask:
195GWNsoCE does (y)na (di)m_ond ella ## dau # neu tri Sul y flwyddyn lle maen nhw (y)n gallu gofyn i rywun mynd i_mewn .
  soso.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG therethere.ADV onlyonly.ADV maybemaybe.ADV twotwo.NUM.M oror.CONJ threethree.NUM.M SundaySunday.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF yearyear.N.F.SG+SM wherewhere.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN toto.PREP someonesomeone.N.M.SG+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP
  so there are only maybe two or three Sundays in the year where they can ask someone to come in.
269GWNond mae (y)r ddynes sy (we)di gofyn i fi +// .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF womanwoman.N.F.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  but the woman who's asked me...
280GWNos ti (y)n gofyn +"/ .
  ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN
  if you ask:
566ROYo'n i (y)n meddwl <ella (ba)sai> [//] # gofyn i EmmaCE dod .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINPRT maybethink.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITmaybe.ADV ask.NONFINbe.V.3S.PLUPERF toask.V.INFIN Emmato.PREP come.NONFINname come.V.INFIN
  I was thinking.. . maybe it would be.. . of asking Emma to come.
588ROYyn AmericaCE tro diwetha mi o'n adre am gyfnod hir ### oedd (y)na hogan o'n i isio gofyn allan .
  inin.PREP Americaname turnturn.N.M.SG previouslast.ADJ PRTPRT.AFF be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF homehome.ADV forfor.PREP periodperiod.N.M.SG+SM longlong.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV girlgirl.N.F.SG be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S wantwant.N.M.SG ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN outout.ADV
  in America, the last time I was home for a long time, there was a girl I wanted to ask out.
613ROYsoCE dyma fi (y)n # ffonio hi <a &gwa> [//] a gofyn +"/ .
  soso.ADV herethis_is.ADV PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT phone.NONFINphone.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S andand.CONJ andand.CONJ ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN
  so I phoned her and asked:
633ROY<ohCE paid â gofyn de> [=! laughs] .
  IMoh.IM desist.2S.IMPERstop.V.2S.IMPER withwith.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN TAGbe.IM+SM
  oh, don't ask.
705GWN&=cough mae o (we)di [///] wnaeth o text_ioE+cym fi heddiw yn deud rywbeth fel bod [/] umCE # bod o (y)n brysur efo gwaith cwrs soCE (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn gallu wneud o i_gyd a gofyn i fi wneud o .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S text.NONFINtext.SV.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM todaytoday.ADV PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN IMum.IM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT busybusy.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP worktime.N.F.SG.[or].work.N.M.SG coursecourse.N.M.SG soso.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S allall.ADJ andand.CONJ ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  he's.. . he texted me today saying something like, that he's busy with coursework, so he can't do it all, and asking me to do it.
858GWNos ti (y)n gofyn i nhw ddod maen nhw (y)n dod .
  ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN toto.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN
  if you ask them to come, they come.

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