MIAMI - Sastre3
Instances of poder for speaker MAS

362MASsabíanS quéS hacerS paraS poderS presentarseS eseS &=mumble give an introduction .
  sabíanknow.V.3P.IMPERF quéwhat.INT hacerdo.V.INFIN parafor.PREP poderbe_able.V.INFIN presentarsepresent.V.INFIN+SE[PRON.MF.3S] esethat.PRON.DEM.M.SG givegive.SV.INFIN anan.DET.INDEF introductionintroduction.N.SG .
  they knew what to do so that they could attend that, give an introduction
378MASuno <de los> [/] de los alemanes le preguntó que si tenía que xxx para poder (.) hacer policía .
  unoone.PRON.M.SG deof.PREP losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL deof.PREP losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL alemanesgerman.N.M.PL lehim.PRON.OBL.MF.23S preguntóask.V.3S.PAST quethat.CONJ siif.CONJ teníahave.V.13S.IMPERF quethat.CONJ parafor.PREP poderbe_able.V.INFIN hacerdo.V.INFIN policíapolice.N.F.SG .
  one of the Germans asked her if she had to [...] to be able to police.
439MASseS demoraS muchoS tiempoS paraS (.) unS aplicanteS poderS (.) terminarS unaS aplicaciónS (.) yS sentirseS deS elloS comoS I did something you know .
  seself.PRON.REFL.MF.3SP demoradelay.V.3S.PRES muchomuch.ADV tiempotime.N.M.SG parafor.PREP unone.DET.INDEF.M.SG aplicanteapplicant.N.M.SG poderpower.N.M.SG.[or].be_able.V.INFIN terminarfinish.V.INFIN unaa.DET.INDEF.F.SG aplicaciónapplication.N.F.SG yand.CONJ sentirsefeel.V.INFIN+SE[PRON.MF.3S] deof.PREP elloit.PRON.OBJ.NT.3S comolike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S diddid.V.PAST somethingsomething.PRON youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  it takes a long time for an applicant to be able to finish an application, and they feel like I did something you know

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