SIARAD - Stammers8
Instances of ni for speaker ISL

12ISLwnaethon ni wrando arni (y)n ## Mynydd_IsaCE noson o_blaen .
  do.1PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P listen.NONFINlisten.V.INFIN+SM to.3SFon_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S inin.PREP Mynydd_Isaname nightnight.N.F.SG beforebefore.ADV
  we listened to her in Mynydd Isa the other night.
95ISLmae ChrisCE yn gefnder gynta i ni yndy ?
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Chrisname PRTPRT cousincousin.N.M.SG+SM firstfirst.ORD+SM toto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  Chris's a first cousin of ours, isn't he?
404ISLo'n ni (y)n dathlu Gŵyl_Dewi yn y [?] Stanford_GateCE yn dre .
  be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT celebrate.NONFINcelebrate.V.INFIN David''s_FeastSt_David's_Day.N.F.SG inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF Stanford_Gatename inPRT towntown.N.F.SG+SM
  we were celebrating St. David's Day at the Stanford_Gate in town.
559ISLhwyrach ddylsen [?] ni wneud tân yn fa(n) (y)ma .
  perhapsperhaps.ADV should.1PL.CONDITought_to.V.3P.PLUPERF+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P make.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM firefire.N.M.SG inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV
  maybe we should make a fire here.
563ISLmi ddawn i (ei)n gweld ni .
  PRTPRT.AFF come.3PL.NONPASTtalent.N.MF.SG+SM toto.PREP POSS.1PLour.ADJ.POSS.1P see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  they'll come to see us.
639ISLgwyn (y)dy rei ni hefyd .
  whitewhite.ADJ.M.[or].complaint.N.MF.SG+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES somesome.PRON+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P tooalso.ADV
  ours are white too.
641ISLpowlen ail law o FlintCE xx ni gael .
  bowlunk secondsecond.ORD handrain.N.M.SG+SM.[or].hand.N.F.SG+SM fromfrom.PREP Flintname PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM
  a second-hand basin from Flint, we got.
652ISLoedd raid ni newid un tapCE yn fan (y)na .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF necessitynecessity.N.M.SG+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN oneone.NUM taptap.SV.INFIN inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV
  we had to change one tap there.
774ISLa pan oedd fi a GregCE yn dod o (y)na pwy oedd yn canlyn ni fewn lorryCE heblaw [?] Lyn_LloydCE ?
  andand.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM andand.CONJ Gregname PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN fromhe.PRON.M.3S therethere.ADV whowho.PRON be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT follow.NONFINfollow.V.INFIN PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P inin.PREP+SM lorrylorry.N.SG exceptwithout.PREP Lyn_Lloydname
  and when me and Greg were leaving there, who should be following us in a lorry but Lyn Lloyd?
875ISL+< ni (y)n edrych ar ei ôl o # rag ofn i rywun ddwyn +// .
  PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN onon.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S trackrear.ADJ PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S fromfrom.PREP+SM fearfear.N.M.SG toto.PREP someonesomeone.N.M.SG+SM steal.NONFINtake.V.INFIN+SM
  we're looking after it, so nobody steals...

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