MIAMI - Zeledon1
Instances of era for speaker CAR

41CARy (.) lógicamente como (.) al principio cuando yo me (ib)a a volver era sola .
  yand.CONJ lógicamentelogically.ADV comolike.CONJ alto_the.PREP+DET.DEF.M.SG principioprinciple.N.M.SG cuandowhen.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S meme.PRON.OBL.MF.1S ibago.V.13S.IMPERF ato.PREP volverreturn.V.INFIN erabe.V.13S.IMPERF solaonly.ADJ.F.SG .
  and obviously when I first when back I was by myself
54CARpero era (.) trabajo de (.) doce horas diarias .
  perobut.CONJ erabe.V.13S.IMPERF trabajowork.N.M.SG deof.PREP docetwelve.NUM horastime.N.F.PL diariaseveryday.ADJ.F.PL .
  but it was a 12-hour-a-day job
56CARno era poquito .
  nonot.ADV erabe.V.13S.IMPERF poquitolittle.ADJ.M.SG.DIM .
  it wasn't light.
57CARera todo el día .
  erabe.V.13S.IMPERF todoall.ADJ.M.SG elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG díaday.N.M.SG .
  it was all day
75CARcuando ya era tiempo de vol(ver) [/] volver a trabajar y ellos volver al colegio y eso mi mamá dijo que no .
  cuandowhen.CONJ yaalready.ADV erabe.V.13S.IMPERF tiempotime.N.M.SG deof.PREP volverreturn.V.INFIN volverreturn.V.INFIN ato.PREP trabajarwork.V.INFIN yand.CONJ ellosthey.PRON.SUB.M.3P volverreturn.V.INFIN alto_the.PREP+DET.DEF.M.SG colegioschool.N.M.SG yand.CONJ esothat.PRON.DEM.NT.SG mimy.ADJ.POSS.MF.1S.SG mamámum.N.F.SG dijotell.V.3S.PAST quethat.CONJ nonot.ADV .
  when it was time to go back to work, and they went back to school and that, my mum said that she wouldn't
382CARhorrible eso era horrible .
  horriblehorrible.ADJ.M.SG esothat.PRON.DEM.NT.SG erabe.V.13S.IMPERF horriblehorrible.ADJ.M.SG .
  horrible- it was really horrible
389CARpero te lo digo &me &ʎi [/] llegaba el viernes y yo lo único que quería era dormir .
  perobut.CONJ teyou.PRON.OBL.MF.2S lohim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S digotell.V.1S.PRES llegabaget.V.13S.IMPERF elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG viernesFriday.N.M yand.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S lothe.DET.DEF.NT.SG únicounique.ADJ.M.SG quethat.CONJ queríawant.V.13S.IMPERF erabe.V.13S.IMPERF dormirsleep.V.INFIN .
  I'm telling you that Friday would come around and all I would wanted to do was sleep
394CARtodo el domingo era una cosa .
  todoall.ADJ.M.SG elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG domingoSunday.N.M.SG erabe.V.13S.IMPERF unaa.DET.INDEF.F.SG cosathing.N.F.SG .
  to sleep all of Sunday was quite something
622CAR+< y en el momento que yo le dije que yo era la dueña +/.
  yand.CONJ enin.PREP elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG momentomomentum.N.M.SG quethat.PRON.REL yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S lehim.PRON.OBL.MF.23S dijetell.V.1S.PAST quethat.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S erabe.V.13S.IMPERF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG dueñaowner.N.F.SG .
  and that moment when I told him I was the owner
624CAR+< que [/] que yo era la hija del dueño +...
  quethat.CONJ quethat.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S erabe.V.13S.IMPERF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG hijadaughter.N.F.SG delof_the.PREP+DET.DEF.M.SG dueñoowner.N.M.SG .
  that I was the daughter of the owner
853CARpero luego era por teléfono y que no es tan personal .
  perobut.CONJ luegonext.ADV erabe.V.13S.IMPERF porfor.PREP teléfonotelephone.N.M.SG yand.CONJ quethat.CONJ nonot.ADV esbe.V.3S.PRES tanso.ADV personalpersonal.ADJ.M.SG .
  but then he used phones and that's not as personal

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