MIAMI - Zeledon11
Instances of English

45SEA<we should> [/] we should say &w &ɔ: all the main questions in English all the nice questions in Spanish .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P shouldshould.V.1P.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P shouldshould.V.1P.PRES saysay.SV.INFIN allall.ADJ thethe.DET.DEF mainmain.ADJ questionsquestion.N.PL inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG allall.ADJ thethe.DET.DEF nicenice.ADJ questionsquestion.N.PL inin.PREP SpanishSpanish.N.SG .
  
392SEAxxx like the [/] the [//] that compound in English .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF thatthat.DEM.FAR compoundcompound.N.SG inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG .
  
413SEAyeah <but in> [/] <but in> [/] but in English <you have &a> [/] you have <what they> [//] what I mean what I'm gonna call right now like &a like prepositional &a adverbials becoming [/] becoming adjectives .
  yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ inin.PREP butbut.CONJ inin.PREP butbut.CONJ inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES whatwhat.REL I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP callcall.V.INFIN rightright.ADJ nownow.ADV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ prepositionalprepositional.ADJ adverbialsadverbial.N.PL becomingbecome.V.PRESPART becomingbecome.V.PRESPART adjectivesadjective.N.PL .
  
425SEAin English you have that ambigu(ous) [/] ambiguous possibility because of the the way you can put place (.) um (.) uh modifiers .
  inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR ambiguousambiguous.ADJ ambiguousambiguous.ADJ possibilitypossibility.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES putput.V.INFIN placeplace.N.SG umum.IM uhuh.IM modifiersmodifier.N.PL .
  
426ANT+< you know <that's actually> [/] that's actually another reason why I prefer to write in English as to writing in Spanish .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV anotheranother.ADJ reasonreason.N.SG whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S preferpref.N.SG+COMP.AG.[or].prefer.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP writewrite.V.INFIN inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG asas.CONJ toto.PREP writingwrite.V.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP SpanishSpanish.N.SG .
  
427ANTbecause (.) English does allow you to be a little ambiguous which means you can have so many more double meanings at times .
  becausebecause.CONJ EnglishEnglish.N.SG doesdoes.N.SG allowallow.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ ambiguousambiguous.ADJ whichwhich.REL meansmeans.N.SG.[or].mean.SV.INFIN+PV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES havehave.V.INFIN soso.ADV manymany.ADJ moremore.ADV doubledouble.ADJ meaningsunk atat.PREP timestime.N.PL .
  
636ANTyou know I can't imagine that that has the same effect in English .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S can'tcan.V.1S.PRES+NEG imagineimagine.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thatthat.CONJ hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ effecteffect.N.SG inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG .
  

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