PATAGONIA - Patagonia11
Instances of be for speaker GAB

36GABa be wnest ti (.) priodi ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT wnestdo.V.2S.PAST+SM tiyou.PRON.2S priodimarry.V.INFIN ?
  and what did you do marry?
219GABbe wna i rŵan ?
  bewhat.INT wnado.V.1S.PRES+SM iI.PRON.1S rŵannow.ADV ?
  what shall I do now?
223GAB<dim_ond gwel(d)> [//] dim_ond gweld <be sy> [//] pwy sy (y)na +...
  dim_ondonly.ADV gweldsee.V.INFIN dim_ondonly.ADV gweldsee.V.INFIN bewhat.INT sybe.V.3S.PRES.REL pwywho.PRON sybe.V.3S.PRES.REL ynathere.ADV .
  (I'll) just see what's happening... who's there.
252GABuh dyna be oedd llafur ynde ?
  uher.IM dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF llafurlabour.N.M.SG yndeisn't_it.IM ?
  it's what hard work was, eh
267GABdw i (ddi)m yn gwybo(d) be (y)dy granaderoS yn Gymraeg .
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gwybodknow.V.INFIN bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES granaderogrenadier.N.M.SG ynin.PREP GymraegWelsh.N.F.SG+SM .
  I don't know what granadero is in Welsh.
393GAB+" wylwch be dan ni (we)di gael efo (y)r Santa_ClausCS !
  wylwchweep.V.2P.IMPER bewhat.INT danbe.V.1P.PRES niwe.PRON.1P wediafter.PREP gaelget.V.INFIN+SM efowith.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF Santa_Clausname !
  look what we got from Santa Claus!
507GABbe (y)dy enw (y)r llyfr ?
  bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES enwname.N.M.SG yrthe.DET.DEF llyfrbook.N.M.SG ?
  what's the book called?
673GABohCS be ara(ll) ?
  ohoh.IM bewhat.INT arallother.ADJ ?
  oh, what else?
1186GABo(eddw)n i (y)n be yn gweithio yn y tŷ efo mam (h)elpu [/] (h)elpu .
  oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S ynPRT bewhat.INT ynPRT gweithiowork.V.INFIN ynin.PREP ythe.DET.DEF tŷhouse.N.M.SG efowith.PREP mammother.N.F.SG helpuhelp.V.INFIN helpuhelp.V.INFIN .
  I would help mum in the house.
1274GABa (.) be oedd +//.
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF .
  and what...
1278GABa wedyn be oedd [//] be wnaeth y ddau (h)ogyn yma feddwl gwell ?
  aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF bewhat.INT wnaethdo.V.3S.PAST+SM ythe.DET.DEF ddautwo.NUM.M+SM hogynlad.N.M.SG ymahere.ADV feddwlthink.V.INFIN+SM gwellbetter.ADJ.COMP ?
  and then what did these two boys think was better?
1278GABa wedyn be oedd [//] be wnaeth y ddau (h)ogyn yma feddwl gwell ?
  aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF bewhat.INT wnaethdo.V.3S.PAST+SM ythe.DET.DEF ddautwo.NUM.M+SM hogynlad.N.M.SG ymahere.ADV feddwlthink.V.INFIN+SM gwellbetter.ADJ.COMP ?
  and then what did these two boys think was better?
1296GABa ar gefn y llo (y)ma a tynnu fo a (.) ddim yn gwybod be i_gyd wneud gymaint efo fo .
  aand.CONJ aron.PREP gefnback.N.M.SG+SM ythe.DET.DEF llocalf.N.M.SG ymahere.ADV aand.CONJ tynnudraw.V.INFIN fohe.PRON.M.3S aand.CONJ ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gwybodknow.V.INFIN bewhat.INT i_gydall.ADJ wneudmake.V.INFIN+SM gymaintso much.ADJ+SM efowith.PREP fohe.PRON.M.3S .
  and on this calf's back, pulling him, not really knowing what to do with it.
1381GAB+< a be fuodd wedyn ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT fuoddbe.V.3S.PAST+SM wedynafterwards.ADV ?
  then what happened?
1383GAB+< a be ddeudodd o ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT ddeudoddsay.V.3S.PAST+SM ohe.PRON.M.3S ?
  and what did he say?
1385GABa be ddeudodd o pan welodd bod y mochyn ddim yn dod ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT ddeudoddsay.V.3S.PAST+SM ohe.PRON.M.3S panwhen.CONJ weloddsee.V.3S.PAST+SM bodbe.V.INFIN ythe.DET.DEF mochynpig.N.M.SG ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT dodcome.V.INFIN ?
  what did he say when the pig didn't come?
1417GABbe ?
  bewhat.INT ?
  what?
1419GABuh be ti (y)n deud ?
  uher.IM bewhat.INT tiyou.PRON.2S ynPRT deudsay.V.INFIN ?
  er, what are you saying?
1423GABum be oeddet ti (y)n mynd i ddeud ?
  umum.IM bewhat.INT oeddetbe.V.2S.IMPERF tiyou.PRON.2S ynPRT myndgo.V.INFIN ito.PREP ddeudsay.V.INFIN+SM ?
  um what were you going to say?
1480GABdim yn gw(y)bod (.) be .
  dimnot.ADV ynPRT gwybodknow.V.INFIN bewhat.INT .
  don't know what.
1489GABa be mae hi (y)n mynd i ddeud ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT maebe.V.3S.PRES hishe.PRON.F.3S ynPRT myndgo.V.INFIN ito.PREP ddeudsay.V.INFIN+SM ?
  and what is she going to say?
1862GAB+< be sy (y)n bod ?
  bewhat.INT sybe.V.3S.PRES.REL ynPRT bodbe.V.INFIN ?
  what's the matter?

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