MIAMI - Herring5
Instances of ser

83NOAdebe ser un complejo muy grande .
  debeowe.V.2S.IMPER serbe.V.INFIN unone.DET.INDEF.M.SG complejocomplex.N.M.SG muyvery.ADV grandelarge.ADJ.M.SG .
  it must be a very big complex.
187MEGy porque tienes que ser en español ?
  yand.CONJ porquebecause.CONJ tieneshave.V.2S.PRES quethat.CONJ serbe.V.INFIN enin.PREP españolSpanish.N.M.SG ?
  and why does it have to be in Spanish?
189NOAtiene que ser bilingües .
  tienehave.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ serbe.V.INFIN bilingüesbilingual.ADJ.M.PL .
  it has to be bilingual.
199MEGpero si nosotros grabamos todo en español qué tiene que ver con [//] con ser bilingüe ?
  perobut.CONJ siif.CONJ nosotroswe.PRON.SUB.M.1P grabamosrecord.V.1P.PAST.[or].record.V.1P.PRES todoall.ADJ.M.SG.[or].everything.PRON.M.SG enin.PREP españolSpanish.N.M.SG quéwhat.INT tienehave.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ versee.V.INFIN conwith.PREP conwith.PREP serbe.V.INFIN bilingüebilingual.ADJ.M.SG ?
  but if we record everything in Spanish, what does it have to do with being bilingual?
338MEGyo pensé que iban a ser cuatro mil .
  yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S penséthink.V.1S.PAST quethat.CONJ ibango.V.3P.IMPERF ato.PREP serbe.V.INFIN cuatrofour.NUM milthousand.NUM .
  I thought it was going to be four thousand.
426NOAbueno puede ser .
  buenowell.E puedebe_able.V.2S.IMPER.[or].be_able.V.3S.PRES serbe.V.INFIN .
  well, it could be.
595NOAél trata de [/] de [/] de [/] de ser claro .
  élhe.PRON.SUB.M.3S tratatreat.V.2S.IMPER.[or].treat.V.3S.PRES deof.PREP deof.PREP deof.PREP deof.PREP serbe.V.INFIN claroof_course.E .
  he tries to, to, to, to be upfront.

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