MIAMI - Zeledon9
Instances of can

26GILoh my gosh I can make like six pages of list that you can't eat .
  ohoh.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S goshgosh.IM II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES makemake.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ sixsix.NUM pagespage.N.PL ofof.PREP listlist.N.SG thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP can'tcan.V.2SP.PRES+NEG eateat.V.INFIN .
  
139GILand can I tell them about it ?
  andand.CONJ cancan.V.123SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S telltell.V.1S.PRES themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S ?
  
396GILwhat else can we talk about ?
  whatwhat.REL elseelse.ADJ cancan.V.123SP.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P talktalk.V.1P.PRES aboutabout.PREP ?
  
503CHAthat's all I can say .
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES saysay.V.INFIN .
  
712CHAbut ah [/] (.) but you know international business I can talk Spanish with people .
  butbut.CONJ ahah.IM butbut.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES internationalinternational.ADJ businessbusiness.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES talktalk.V.INFIN SpanishSpanish.N.SG withwith.PREP peoplepeople.N.SG .
  
723GILum I just love it when we can just be together and bond just by ourselves .
  umum.IM II.PRON.SUB.1S justjust.ADV lovelove.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S whenwhen.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES justjust.ADV bebe.V.INFIN togethertogether.ADV andand.CONJ bondbond.N.SG justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV byby.PREP ourselvesourselves.PRON.REFL.1P .
  

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