MIAMI - Herring1
Instances of was for speaker CHL

1CHLwell she was telling me about this thing with OprahSE .
  wellwell.ADV sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S aboutabout.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG thingthing.N.SG withwith.PREP Oprahname .
  
139CHLbecause she was taking +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST takingtake.V.PRESPART .
  
143CHLbut the grandmother was taking you know her son's (.) side .
  butbut.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF grandmothergrandmother.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST takingtake.V.PRESPART youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S son'sson.N.SG+=POSS sideside.N.SG .
  
159CHLmy grandma was the same way with my brother .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandmagrandma.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ wayway.N.SG withwith.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S brotherbrother.N.SG .
  
193CHL<it's kind of> [//] (.) it's you know but that was the only way +...
  it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES kindkind.ADJ.[or].kind.N.SG ofof.PREP it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES butbut.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV wayway.N.SG .
  
284CHL+< FernandoSE from NicaraguaSE (.) he paid I think it was like (.) one hundred and (.) two or something like that something ridiculous .
  Fernandoname fromfrom.PREP Nicaraguaname hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S paidpaid.V.PAST II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ oneone.PRON.SG hundredhundred.NUM andand.CONJ twotwo.NUM oror.CONJ somethingsomething.PRON likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR somethingsomething.PRON ridiculousridiculous.ADJ .
  
342CHLlaS cosaS esS queS that was Thursday .
  lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG cosathing.N.F.SG esbe.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST Thursdayname .
  the thing is that that was Thursday.
346CHLand I was like +"/.
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
437CHLum what was I saying ?
  umum.IM whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST II.PRON.SUB.1S sayingsay.V.PRESPART ?
  
471CHLand (..) she practically told AnaSE that no that everything that she said she was telling her and <it wasn't> [//] right she wasn't referring to us .
  andand.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S practicallypractical.ADJ+ADV.[or].practically.ADV toldtold.AV.PAST Ananame thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR nono.ADV thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR everythingeverything.PRON thatthat.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S andand.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S wasn'twas.V.3S.PAST+NEG rightright.ADJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S wasn'twas.V.3S.PAST+NEG referringunk toto.PREP usus.PRON.OBJ.1P .
  
499CHL+" well ElisaSE was the one gossiping (.) you know .
  wellwell.ADV Elisaname waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF oneone.PRON.SG gossipinggossip.N.SG+ASV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
504CHLthat she [/] she was the one that told RaquelSE that [/] what &e AnaSE was saying to us .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF oneone.PRON.SG thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR toldtold.AV.PAST Raquelname thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR whatwhat.REL Ananame waswas.V.3S.PAST sayingsay.V.PRESPART toto.PREP usus.PRON.OBJ.1P .
  
504CHLthat she [/] she was the one that told RaquelSE that [/] what &e AnaSE was saying to us .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF oneone.PRON.SG thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR toldtold.AV.PAST Raquelname thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR whatwhat.REL Ananame waswas.V.3S.PAST sayingsay.V.PRESPART toto.PREP usus.PRON.OBJ.1P .
  
505CHLthat's how RaquelSE found out that you know AnaSE was telling +...
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES howhow.ADV Raquelname foundfound.SV.INFIN.[or].find.V.PAST+P outout.ADV thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES Ananame waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART .
  
801CHLMaricarmenSE was like +"/.
  Maricarmenname waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
892CHLthe other day the A_C was messed up .
  thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ dayday.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF A_Cname waswas.V.3S.PAST messedmess.N.SG+AV upup.ADV .
  
920CHL+< O_BSE [?] I met when I went <to was it> [///] no it was in China .
  O_Bname II.PRON.SUB.1S metmet.V.1S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wentwent.V.PAST toto.PREP waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S nono.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP Chinaname .
  
920CHL+< O_BSE [?] I met when I went <to was it> [///] no it was in China .
  O_Bname II.PRON.SUB.1S metmet.V.1S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wentwent.V.PAST toto.PREP waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S nono.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP Chinaname .
  
926CHL+< no mentiradoS that was a day one five dollars .
  nono.ADV mentiradolie.N.F.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF dayday.N.SG oneone.NUM.[or].one.PRON.SG fivefive.NUM dollarsdollar.N.PL .
  no, that's wrong, that was a day, one to five dollars.
964CHLit was like forty five dollar &b you know (.) um bracelets and stuff like that .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ fortyforty.NUM fivefive.NUM dollardollar.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES umum.IM braceletsbracelet.N.PL.[or].bracelets.N.PL andand.CONJ stuffstuff.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  

Change language

Contact us

bilingualism@bangor.ac.uk

The corpora

The Siarad corpus
The Patagonia corpus
The Miami corpus

herring1: menu

Research Team

Collaborators

Publications

Bangor Autoglosser

Acknowledgements

The support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Welsh Government is gratefully acknowledged.



Copyright ©2010-13 ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice, Bangor University
Media player by Jeroen Wijering. CSS by the Blueprint community.
544481