1099 | KAY | so he should retire and be happy . |
soso.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S shouldshould.V.3S.PRES retireretire.SV.INFIN andand.CONJ bebe.V.INFIN happyhappy.ADJ . | ||
1107 | KAY | then he would retire . |
thenthen.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S wouldbe.V.3S.COND retireretire.SV.INFIN . | ||
1122 | KAY | well you are never gonna retire (be)cause you are gonna live a hundred and twenty . |
wellwell.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES nevernever.ADV gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP retireretire.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP livelive.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF hundredhundred.NUM andand.CONJ twentytwenty.NUM . | ||
1194 | KAY | so how do you do it so that you can retire ? |
soso.ADV howhow.ADV dodo.SV.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP dodo.V.2SP.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S soso.ADV thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES retireretire.V.INFIN ? | ||
1195 | KAY | you really cannot retire . |
youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP reallyreal.ADJ+ADV cannotcannot.SV.INFIN retireretire.SV.INFIN . | ||
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