MIAMI - Sastre2
Instances of eran for speaker AVA

91AVA<mira como > [//] mira así eran de grandes .
  miralook.V.2S.IMPER comolike.CONJ miralook.V.3S.PRES asíthus.ADV eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF deof.PREP grandeslarge.ADJ.M.PL .
  look, they were this big.
235AVA+< eran dulces pero no .
  eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF dulcessweet.ADJ.M.PL perobut.CONJ nonot.ADV .
  they were sweet, but they were not...
510AVAno pero allá eran <las america(nas)> [//] las alemanas que le llamaban .
  nonot.ADV perobut.CONJ alláthere.ADV eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF lasthe.DET.DEF.F.PL americanasamerican.N.F.PL lasthe.DET.DEF.F.PL alemanasgerman.N.F.PL quethat.PRON.REL lehim.PRON.OBL.MF.23S llamabancall.V.3P.IMPERF .
  no, but there, they were the American, the German ones, they used to call them.
539AVAporque <eran mal> [//] eran terribles para [/] para terminarlas .
  porquebecause.CONJ eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF malpoorly.ADJ.M.SG.[or].poorly.ADV.[or].poorly.N.M.SG eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF terriblesterrible.ADJ.M.PL parafor.PREP parafor.PREP terminarlasfinish.V.INFIN+LAS[PRON.F.3P] .
  because it was horrible to get rid of them...
539AVAporque <eran mal> [//] eran terribles para [/] para terminarlas .
  porquebecause.CONJ eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF malpoorly.ADJ.M.SG.[or].poorly.ADV.[or].poorly.N.M.SG eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF terriblesterrible.ADJ.M.PL parafor.PREP parafor.PREP terminarlasfinish.V.INFIN+LAS[PRON.F.3P] .
  because it was horrible to get rid of them...
795AVAy tú me decías que eran hasta prostitutas .
  yand.CONJ túyou.PRON.SUB.MF.2S meme.PRON.OBL.MF.1S decíastell.V.2S.IMPERF quethat.CONJ eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF hastauntil.PREP prostitutasprostitute.N.F.PL .
  you even told me that there were a few prostitutes.
800AVAno te dije nada (.) cuando tú me dijiste que eran prostitutas algunas de ell(as) .
  nonot.ADV teyou.PRON.OBL.MF.2S dijetell.V.1S.PAST nadanothing.PRON cuandowhen.CONJ túyou.PRON.SUB.MF.2S meme.PRON.OBL.MF.1S dijistetell.V.2S.PAST quethat.CONJ eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF prostitutasprostitute.N.F.PL algunassome.PRON.F.PL deof.PREP ellasthey.PRON.SUB.F.3P .
  I didn't say anything, when you told me that some of them were prostitutes.
905AVAy era porque veían que las carteras eran buenas .
  yand.CONJ erabe.V.13S.IMPERF porquebecause.CONJ veíansee.V.3P.IMPERF quethat.CONJ lasthe.DET.DEF.F.PL carteraspostman.N.F.PL.[or].wallet.N.F.PL eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF buenaswell.ADJ.F.PL .
  and the reason was that they saw the handbags were good ones.
1134AVAy ellos me dijeron que eran veintitrés y no sé qué .
  yand.CONJ ellosthey.PRON.SUB.M.3P meme.PRON.OBL.MF.1S dijerontell.V.3P.PAST quethat.CONJ eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF veintitréstwenty_three.NUM yand.CONJ nonot.ADV séknow.V.1S.PRES quéwhat.INT .
  and they told me it was twenty-three something.
1141AVAque solamente eran grandes <en &ri> [//] en SearsSE .
  quethat.CONJ solamenteonly.ADV eranbe.V.3P.IMPERF grandeslarge.ADJ.M.PL enin.PREP enin.PREP Searsname .
  that there were only big ones in Sears.

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