430 | ABI | it doesn't matter if I'm twenty years old <or if I'm> [/] or if or if I'm thirty or forty . |
itit.PRON.SUB.3S doesn'tdoes.V.3S.PRES+NEG mattermatt.ADJ.COMP.[or].matter.N.SG ifif.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES twentytwenty.NUM yearsyear.N.PL oldold.ADJ oror.CONJ ifif.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES oror.CONJ ifif.CONJ oror.CONJ ifif.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES thirtythirty.NUM oror.CONJ fortyforty.NUM . | ||
787 | ABI | too late it was three years of fighting . |
tootoo.ADV latelate.ADJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST threethree.NUM yearsyear.N.PL ofof.PREP fightingunk . | ||
1016 | ELL | porS quéS túS noS fuisteS alS Miami_DadeSE two years before coming here ? |
porfor.PREP quéwhat.INT túyou.PRON.SUB.MF.2S nonot.ADV fuistebe.V.2S.PAST alto_the.PREP+DET.DEF.M.SG Miami_Dadename twotwo.NUM yearsyear.N.PL beforebefore.CONJ comingcome.V.INFIN+ASV herehere.ADV ? | ||
why weren't you at Miami-Dade two years before coming here? |
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