MIAMI - Maria40
Instances of estaba

172MARestaba tooE cuteE <para hacer> [?] xxx .
  estababe.V.13S.IMPERF tootoo.ADV cutecute.ADJ parafor.PREP hacerdo.V.INFIN .
  it was too cute to make [?] [...] .
439MARpero pasa que el [/] el [//] la [/] la compañía de él en realidad estaba basada en [/] en HoustonSE +//.
  perobut.CONJ pasapass.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG compañíacompany.N.F.SG deof.PREP élhe.PRON.SUB.M.3S enin.PREP realidadreality.N.F.SG estababe.V.13S.IMPERF basadabase.V.F.SG.PASTPART enin.PREP enin.PREP Houstonname .
  but it happens that his company was actually based in Houston .
456MARay la [//] mmm es que la compañía estaba convirtiéndose más bien en [/] en plumbingE contractorsE .
  ayoh.IM lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG mmmunk esbe.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG compañíacompany.N.F.SG estababe.V.13S.IMPERF convirtiéndoseconvert.V.PRESPART.PRECLITIC+SE[PRON.MF.3S] másmore.ADV biengood.N.M.SG enin.PREP enin.PREP plumbingunk contractorscontractor.N.PL .
  eh the company was transforming into more or less a plumbing contractor .
585MARyo estaba preguntando sobre los ingleses y AdolfoSE .
  yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S estababe.V.13S.IMPERF preguntandoask.V.PRESPART sobreover.PREP losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL inglesesenglish.N.M.PL yand.CONJ Adolfoname .
  I was asking about English people and Adolfo .
592MARsí pero estaba cansado porque +/.
  síyes.ADV perobut.CONJ estababe.V.13S.IMPERF cansadotired.ADJ.M.SG porquebecause.CONJ .
  yes but he was tired because .
901MARconmigo estaban [//] estaba ahí .
  conmigowith me.PREP+PRON.MF.1S estabanbe.V.3P.IMPERF estababe.V.13S.IMPERF ahíthere.ADV .
  with me it was there .
902MARyo tengo un mantel que era tuyo que estaba sentado ahí .
  yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S tengohave.V.1S.PRES unone.DET.INDEF.M.SG manteltablecloth.N.M.SG quethat.PRON.REL erabe.V.13S.IMPERF tuyoof_yours.ADJ.POSS.MF.2S.M.SG quethat.CONJ estababe.V.13S.IMPERF sentadosit.V.PASTPART ahíthere.ADV .
  I have a tablecloth that was yours that was put there .
953MARel cholo de VenezuelaSE estaba gufi .
  elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG cholounk deof.PREP Venezuelaname estababe.V.13S.IMPERF gufiunk .
  the one with mixed bloog from Venezuela was crazy .
961MARestaba muy calladito .
  estababe.V.13S.IMPERF muyvery.ADV calladitoquiet.ADJ.M.SG.DIM .
  he was very quiet .
1128MAR+< y por qué no se empezó si estaba repleto ?
  yand.CONJ porfor.PREP quéwhat.INT nonot.ADV seself.PRON.REFL.MF.3SP empezóstart.V.3S.PAST siif.CONJ estababe.V.13S.IMPERF repletofull.ADJ.M.SG ?
  and why wasn't it started if it was full ?

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