MIAMI - Zeledon9
Instances of little

216CHAwe've been really close since we were little girls .
  we'vewe.PRON.SUB.1P+HAVE.V.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART reallyreal.ADJ+ADV closeclose.SV.INFIN sincesince.PREP wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST littlelittle.ADJ girlsgirl.N.PL .
  
343GILme and my grandma my mom all live in like the little same community .
  meme.PRON.OBJ.1S andand.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandmagrandma.N.SG mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG allall.ADJ livelive.SV.INFIN inin.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF littlelittle.ADJ samesame.ADJ communitycommunity.N.SG .
  
421GILand um (.) to say a little bit about him um you know +...
  andand.CONJ umum.IM toto.PREP saysay.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG aboutabout.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S umum.IM youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
426GILbut you know he still has little hairs sticking up .
  butbut.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S stillstill.ADJ hasha.IM+PV.[or].has.V.3S.PRES littlelittle.ADJ hairshair.N.PL stickingstick.V.PRESPART upup.ADV .
  
510CHAhe raised me since I was a little girl .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S raisedraise.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S sincesince.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ girlgirl.N.SG .
  
529GILand there's this little rope that you hold on to .
  andand.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG littlelittle.ADJ roperope.N.SG thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP holdhold.V.2SP.PRES onon.PREP toto.PREP .
  
670CHAI know so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy muyS muyS chiquitoS comoS unaS enanitoS .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES soso.ADV whenwhen.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP makemake.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF statuestatue.N.SG hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG littlelittle.ADJ minimini.ADJ guyguy.N.SG muyvery.ADV muyvery.ADV chiquitosmall.ADJ.M.SG.DIM comolike.CONJ unaunite.V.13S.SUBJ.PRES enanitodwarf.N.M.SG.DIM .
  I know, so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy, really small like a dwarf.
671CHAhe was so &sm little .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST soso.ADV littlelittle.ADJ .
  

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