MIAMI - Zeledon1
Instances of was for speaker CAR

256CAR+< exactly <I was talking> [///] you know it's funny (be)cause I was talking to my boyfriend (.) last night about this .
  exactlyexact.ADJ+ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART toto.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S boyfriendboyfriend.N.SG lastlast.ADJ nightnight.N.SG aboutabout.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG .
  
256CAR+< exactly <I was talking> [///] you know it's funny (be)cause I was talking to my boyfriend (.) last night about this .
  exactlyexact.ADJ+ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART toto.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S boyfriendboyfriend.N.SG lastlast.ADJ nightnight.N.SG aboutabout.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG .
  
263CARandE theE funnyE thingE isE thatE IE wasE talkingE toE himE becauseE (.) IE wasE tellingE himE howE differentE itE isE youE knowE fromE ColombiaSE hereE .
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF funnyfunny.ADJ thingthing.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART toto.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S howhow.ADV differentdifferent.ADJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S isis.V.3S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES fromfrom.PREP Colombianame herehere.ADV .
  
263CARandE theE funnyE thingE isE thatE IE wasE talkingE toE himE becauseE (.) IE wasE tellingE himE howE differentE itE isE youE knowE fromE ColombiaSE hereE .
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF funnyfunny.ADJ thingthing.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART toto.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S howhow.ADV differentdifferent.ADJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S isis.V.3S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES fromfrom.PREP Colombianame herehere.ADV .
  
267CARyou know I [/] <I &wə> [/] I was there for (.) two years .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST therethere.ADV forfor.PREP twotwo.NUM yearsyear.N.PL .
  
269CAR+< and xxx for those two years it was the same people .
  andand.CONJ forfor.PREP thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL twotwo.NUM yearsyear.N.PL itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ peoplepeople.N.SG .
  
274CAR+, courses or they filled the semester or whatever it was .
  coursescourses.N.PL oror.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P filledfill.V.PAST thethe.DET.DEF semestersemester.N.SG oror.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST .
  
331CARand you know it's funny (be)cause I was talking to him last night about that and he was all +/.
  andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART toto.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S lastlast.ADJ nightnight.N.SG aboutabout.PREP thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST allall.ADJ .
  
331CARand you know it's funny (be)cause I was talking to him last night about that and he was all +/.
  andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART toto.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S lastlast.ADJ nightnight.N.SG aboutabout.PREP thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST allall.ADJ .
  
501CARso they all treat me (.) when the customers don't know they'll treat me as if I was you know one of those stupid little girls .
  soso.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P allall.ADJ treattreat.N.SG meme.PRON.OBJ.1S whenwhen.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF customerscustomer.N.PL don'tdo.V.12S13P.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN they'llthey.PRON.SUB.3P+BE.V.FUT treattreat.N.SG meme.PRON.OBJ.1S asas.CONJ ifif.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES oneone.PRON.SG ofof.PREP thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL stupidstupid.ADJ littlelittle.ADJ girlsgirl.N.PL .
  
516CARthis um [//] last Sunday what happened was that the customer walks in right .
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG umum.IM lastlast.ADJ Sundayname whatwhat.REL happenedhappen.V.PAST waswas.V.3S.PAST thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thethe.DET.DEF customercustom.N.SG+COMP.AG.[or].customer.N.SG walkswalk.N.PL inin.PREP rightright.ADJ .
  
519CARand he was with I guess his parents .
  andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST withwith.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S guessguess.V.1S.PRES hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S parentsparent.N.PL .
  
539CARand what was happening is that people weren't (.) you know taking water .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST happeninghappen.V.PRESPART isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR peoplepeople.N.SG weren'twere.V.2S123P.PAST+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES takingtake.V.PRESPART waterwater.N.SG .
  
545CARso what we did was we you know we weren't xxx [/] we weren't um gonna give out courtesy cups any more .
  soso.ADV whatwhat.REL wewe.PRON.SUB.1P diddid.V.PAST waswas.V.3S.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P weren'twere.V.1P.PAST+NEG wewe.PRON.SUB.1P weren'twere.V.1P.PAST+NEG umum.IM gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP givegive.V.INFIN outout.ADV courtesycourtesy.N.SG cupscup.N.PL anyany.ADJ moremore.ADV .
  
549CARand I tell him I'm &so [///] because he was used to going whatever and getting the cups .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S telltell.V.1S.PRES himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST useduse.V.PASTPART toto.PREP goinggo.V.INFIN+ASV whateverwhatever.REL andand.CONJ gettingget.V.PRESPART thethe.DET.DEF cupscup.N.PL .
  
560CAR+< and I was already upset at something .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST alreadyalready.ADV upsetupset.V.PRESPART atat.PREP somethingsomething.PRON .
  
590CAR+< no he was a (.) grown up and like forty seven year old fifty year old man .
  nono.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF growngrown.ADJ upup.ADV andand.CONJ likelike.CONJ fortyforty.NUM sevenseven.NUM yearyear.N.SG oldold.ADJ fiftyfifty.NUM yearyear.N.SG oldold.ADJ manman.N.SG .
  
593CARand that's when I told him <that I didn't appreciate him disrespecting me> [//] that I didn't &a you know appreciate neither was I gonna tolerate his sarcasm .
  andand.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG appreciateappreciate.SV.INFIN himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S disrespectingdisrespect.N.SG+ASV meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES appreciateappreciate.SV.INFIN neitherneither.ADJ waswas.V.3S.PAST II.PRON.SUB.1S gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP toleratetolerate.V.INFIN hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S sarcasmsarcasm.N.SG .
  
597CAR&e [?] and then <he asked me to speak> [//] he wanted to speak to the manager and I told him that I was the owner so then +/.
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S askedask.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S toto.PREP speakspeak.V.INFIN hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S wantedwant.V.PAST toto.PREP speakspeak.V.INFIN toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF managermanager.N.SG andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST thethe.DET.DEF ownerowner.N.SG soso.ADV thenthen.ADV .
  
599CAR+, there was nothing he could do about it .
  therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S couldcan.V.COND dodo.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
603CAR+" I was actually pretty nice you know to you (.) when I tried to tell you that we had no cups any more .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV prettypretty.ADJ nicenice.ADJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S triedtry.V.PAST toto.PREP telltell.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P hadhad.V.PAST nono.ADV cupscup.N.PL anyany.ADJ moremore.ADV .
  

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