PATAGONIA - Patagonia2
Instances of be for speaker AVR

149AVRohCS be (y)dy hwn ?
  ohoh.IM bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES hwnthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG ?
  oh, what's this?
151AVRa be oedd <i ti oedd> [?] llong yn o_fewn i (y)r porth .
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ito.PREP.[or].I.PRON.1S tiyou.PRON.2S oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF llongship.N.F.SG ynPRT o_fewninside.ADV.[or].within.PREP ito.PREP yrthe.DET.DEF porthport.N.M.SG .
  and what it was, I'm telling you, there was a ship inside the port.
162AVRbe (y)dy bocinaS xxx ?
  bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES bocinahorn.N.F.SG ?
  what is [...] foghorn ?
164AVRbe (y)dy o ?
  bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES ohe.PRON.M.3S ?
  what is it?
249AVR+< a be oedden nhw &k cefnderwyr i dy dad ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P cefnderwyrcousin.N.M.PL ito.PREP dyyour.ADJ.POSS.2S dadfather.N.M.SG+SM ?
  and what were they, cousins of your father?
434AVRa be (y)dy (y)r penblwydd GwynethCS ta ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES yrthe.DET.DEF penblwyddbirthday.N.M.SG Gwynethname tabe.IM ?
  and what's Gwyneth's birthday then?
460AVRna be ydy enw (y)r bachgen (y)na ?
  nano.ADV bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES enwname.N.M.SG yrthe.DET.DEF bachgenboy.N.M.SG ynathere.ADV ?
  no what's that boy's name?
604AVRbe oedd ei enw hi rŵan ?
  bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF eiher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S enwname.N.M.SG hishe.PRON.F.3S rŵannow.ADV ?
  what was its name now?
609AVRbe oedd hi ysgol xxx ?
  bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF hishe.PRON.F.3S ysgolschool.N.F.SG ?
  what was it, school [..] ?
725AVRofn be dw i ddim yn gwybod .
  ofnfear.N.M.SG bewhat.INT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT gwybodknow.V.INFIN .
  afraid of what, I don't know.
786AVR+< be mae hi wedi stydio ?
  bewhat.INT maebe.V.3S.PRES hishe.PRON.F.3S wediafter.PREP stydiostudy.V.INFIN ?
  what did she study?
856AVRmae (y)n glawio yn BrasilCS a wedyn be wneith y dŵr ond dod lawr rhynddon [?] ni .
  maebe.V.3S.PRES ynPRT glawiorain.V.INFIN ynin.PREP Brasilname aand.CONJ wedynafterwards.ADV bewhat.INT wneithdo.V.3S.FUT+SM ythe.DET.DEF dŵrwater.N.M.SG ondbut.CONJ dodcome.V.INFIN lawrdown.ADV rhynddonbetween_us.PREP+PRON.1P niwe.PRON.1P .
  it rains in Brazil, and then what will the water do but come down amongst us?

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