MIAMI - Maria24
Instances of why for speaker MAR

106MARso why are you telling people you are older than you are ?
  soso.ADV whywhy.REL areare.V.123P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP tellingtell.V.PRESPART peoplepeople.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES olderolder.ADJ.[or].old.ADJ.COMP thanthan.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES ?
  
366MARand why didn't they complain about this ?
  andand.CONJ whywhy.REL didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG theythey.PRON.SUB.3P complaincomplain.V.3P.PRES aboutabout.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG ?
  
378MARhowever why didn't the contractor say something when he got the xxx drawing back .
  howeverhowever.CONJ whywhy.REL didn'tdid.AV.PAST+NEG thethe.DET.DEF contractorcontractor.N.SG saysay.V.INFIN somethingsomething.PRON whenwhen.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S gotgot.V.PAST thethe.DET.DEF drawingdraw.N.SG.GER backback.ADV.[or].back.N.SG .
  
408MARI don't know why I think xxx +//.
  II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES .
  
481MARso that's why he called .
  soso.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S calledcall.V.PAST .
  
545MARperoS ve(s)S [///] why xxx .
  perobut.CONJ vessee.V.2S.PRES whywhy.REL .
  but you see, why xxx?
624MARwhy not ?
  whywhy.REL notnot.ADV ?
  

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