MIAMI - Zeledon4
Instances of why

45HENwhy you bi(te) your nails because you [/] you [/] you [/] you are nervous ?
  whywhy.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP bitebite.V.2SP.PRES youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP nailsnail.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES nervousnervous.ADJ ?
  
53HENyS e(se)S [/] eseS tipoS deS nerviosS why is that ?
  yand.CONJ esethat.PRON.DEM.M.SG esethat.ADJ.DEM.M.SG tipotype.N.M.SG deof.PREP nerviosnerve.N.M.PL whywhy.REL isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR ?
  and that kind of nervousness, why is that?
78HEN+< but that's why you [/] you get xxx Cubans so +/.
  butbut.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP getget.V.2SP.PRES Cubansname soso.ADV .
  
93ETH+< you know why are you getting away from that ?
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whywhy.REL areare.V.123P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gettingget.V.PRESPART awayaway.ADV fromfrom.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR ?
  
159HENwhy [/] why you are like a so I don't know like a laS defensivaS ?
  whywhy.REL whywhy.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF soso.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG defensivadefensive.ADJ.F.SG ?
  why are you like, so, I don't know, defensive?
159HENwhy [/] why you are like a so I don't know like a laS defensivaS ?
  whywhy.REL whywhy.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF soso.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG defensivadefensive.ADJ.F.SG ?
  why are you like, so, I don't know, defensive?
392ETH+< but they are getting bad already why ?
  butbut.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES gettingget.V.PRESPART badbad.ADJ alreadyalready.ADV whywhy.REL ?
  

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