MIAMI - Zeledon6
Instances of because for speaker ABI

28ABI+< do you wanna move a little bit more back because maybe there's less mosquitoes ?
  dodo.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wannawant.V.2SP.PRES+TO.PREP movemove.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG moremore.ADJ backback.ADV.[or].back.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ maybemaybe.ADV there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES lessless.ADV mosquitoesmosquitoes.N.PL ?
  
169ABIbut that's not my problem because I'm just telling her what IriaSE is telling me to do .
  butbut.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S problemproblem.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES justjust.ADV tellingtell.V.PRESPART herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S whatwhat.REL Irianame isis.V.3S.PRES tellingtell.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S toto.PREP dodo.V.INFIN .
  
185ABIand then it's funny because I should have just been like <buenoS xxx hizoS esoS yS noS leS daS laS ganaS deS [/] deS [/] deS revisarS esoS porqueS yaS teS estáS pagandoS aS tiS unS salarioS yS quiereS queS túS xxx túS eresS elS case manager yS quiereS queS elS case manager loS revise@s:spa> ["].
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S shouldshould.V.1S.PRES havehave.SV.INFIN justjust.ADV beenbeen.V.PASTPART likelike.CONJ buenowell.E hizodo.V.3S.PAST esothat.PRON.DEM.NT.SG yand.CONJ nonot.ADV lehim.PRON.OBL.MF.23S dagive.V.3S.PRES laher.PRON.OBJ.F.3S ganawin.V.2S.IMPER.[or].win.V.3S.PRES deof.PREP deof.PREP deof.PREP revisarreview.V.INFIN esothat.PRON.DEM.NT.SG porquebecause.CONJ yaalready.ADV teyou.PRON.OBL.MF.2S estábe.V.3S.PRES pagandopay.V.PRESPART ato.PREP tiyou.PRON.PREP.MF.2S unone.DET.INDEF.M.SG salariowage.N.M.SG yand.CONJ quierewant.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ túyou.PRON.SUB.MF.2S túyou.PRON.SUB.MF.2S eresbe.V.2S.PRES elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG casecase.N.SG managermanager.N.SG yand.CONJ quierewant.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG casecase.N.SG managermanager.N.SG lohim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S revisereview.V.13S.SUBJ.PRES .
  and then it's funny because I should have just been like, okay, [...] she did this and doesn't intend to check it because she is already paying you a salary and wants you, you are the case manager and she wants the case manager to check it.
187ABIyeah like (be)cause it's true .
  yeahyeah.ADV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES truetrue.ADJ .
  
193ABI+< xxx exactly because there's a reason that they are the case managers so they could resolverS losS problemasS xxx .
  exactlyexact.ADJ+ADV becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF reasonreason.N.SG thatthat.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES thethe.DET.DEF casecase.N.SG managersmanager.N.PL soso.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P couldcan.V.COND resolversettle.V.INFIN losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL problemastrouble.N.M.PL .
  [...] exactly because there's a reason that they are case managers so they could solve the problems [...].
207ABIand I'm not gonna bitch at her because there's just no point .
  andand.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES notnot.ADV gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP bitchbitch.N.SG atat.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV nono.ADV pointpoint.N.SG .
  
254ABIso it was funny because that's the way SelenaSE reacted .
  soso.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG Selenaname reactedreact.V.PAST .
  
298ABIbecause I &re [//] terminéS deS revisarS like two more patients .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S terminéfinish.V.1S.PAST deof.PREP revisarreview.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ twotwo.NUM moremore.ADV patientspatient.ADJ+PV .
  because I had finished checking like two more patients,
346ABIjust because she gets atareadaS just a little bit too much .
  justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S getsget.V.3S.PRES atareadabusy.ADJ.F.SG justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG tootoo.ADV muchmuch.ADJ .
  just because she gets just a little bit too busy.
367ABIand then like five minutes I went in also because I had to give something to RosaSE [/] to xxx .
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV likelike.CONJ fivefive.NUM minutesminute.N.PL II.PRON.SUB.1S wentwent.V.PAST inin.PREP alsoalso.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S hadhad.V.PAST toto.PREP givegive.V.INFIN somethingsomething.PRON toto.PREP Rosaname toto.PREP .
  
469ABI+< because they are a personaS .
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES aa.DET.INDEF personaperson.N.F.SG .
  because they are a person.
513ABIshe's gotten better because MariaSE antesS it was with everyone .
  she'sshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES gottengotten.V.PASTPART.US betterbetter.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ Marianame antesbefore.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST withwith.PREP everyoneeveryone.PRON .
  she's gotten better because Maria, it used to be with everyone.
533ABIbut in CubaSE and [/] and [/] and those countries there's a lot more mosquitoes because <todoS es@s:spa> [//] <there's not> [//] there [//] places are not A_CSE .
  butbut.CONJ inin.PREP Cubaname andand.CONJ andand.CONJ andand.CONJ thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL countriescountry.N.PL.[or].countries.N.PL there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG moremore.ADJ mosquitoesmosquitoes.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ todoeverything.PRON.M.SG esbe.V.3S.PRES there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV therethere.ADV placesplace.N.PL areare.V.123P.PRES notnot.ADV A_Cname .
  but in Cuba and those countries ther's a lot more mosquitoes because places are not air-conditioned.
586ABImaybe it's not harinaS because it's called cream of wheat .
  maybemaybe.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV harinaflour.N.F.SG becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES calledcall.V.PASTPART creamcream.N.SG ofof.PREP wheatwheat.N.SG .
  maybe it's not corn-flour because it's called cream of wheat.
593ABIno it's not the grits because the grits are kind of like +/.
  nono.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV thethe.DET.DEF gritsgrit.N.PL.[or].grits.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF gritsgrit.N.PL.[or].grits.N.PL areare.V.123P.PRES kindkind.ADJ.[or].kind.N.SG ofof.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN .
  
607ABIbecause my [//] well my mommy is like that .
  becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S wellwell.ADV mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommymommy.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
669ABIxxx (be)cause the thing is I make it sweet .
  becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S makemake.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S sweetsweet.ADJ .
  
806ABIbecause it was +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST .
  
817ABIbecause I just heard the phone ringing .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV heardheard.AV.PAST thethe.DET.DEF phonephone.N.SG ringingunk .
  
859ABIbecause I was like sleeping mostly [//] main(ly) [/] mainly I was like uhuh .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ sleepingunk mostlymost.ADJ+ADV.[or].mostly.ADV mainlymain.ADJ+ADV.[or].mainly.ADV mainlymain.ADJ+ADV.[or].mainly.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ uhuhuhuh.IM .
  
869ABI+" um are you awake because I can't sleep .
  umum.IM areare.V.123P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP awakeawake.V.2SP.PRES becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S can'tcan.V.1S.PRES+NEG sleepsleep.N.SG .
  
873ABIoh and then I know he was home because +/.
  ohoh.IM andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST homehome.ADV becausebecause.CONJ .
  
879ABIand he was home because I heard the T_VSE in the background .
  andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST homehome.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S heardheard.V.PAST thethe.DET.DEF T_Vname inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF backgroundbackground.N.SG .
  
1040ABI+< (be)cause it's just the buildings .
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV thethe.DET.DEF buildingsunk .
  
1093ABIand I go to the fifth floor (be)cause there's always gonna be parking there .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S gogo.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF fifthfifth.ORD floorfloor.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES alwaysalway.ADV+PV.[or].always.ADV gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP bebe.V.INFIN parkingpark.N.SG+ASV therethere.ADV .
  
1096ABIbut that's because I wasn't like +//.
  butbut.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wasn'twas.V.13S.PAST+NEG likelike.CONJ .
  

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