PATAGONIA - Patagonia21
Instances of era for speaker ISA

70ISAentre primos (.) y esposas siempre era [//] éramos catorce .
  entrebetween.PREP primosprime.ADJ.M.PL yand.CONJ esposasmanacle.V.2S.PRES siemprealways.ADV eraera.N.F.SG.[or].be.V.13S.IMPERF éramosbe.V.1P.IMPERF catorcefourteen.NUM .
  including cousins and partners, we were fourteen.
174ISAsí no era hijo natural .
  síyes.ADV nonot.ADV erabe.V.13S.IMPERF hijoson.N.M.SG naturalnatural.ADJ.M.SG .
  yes, he wasn't a biological son.
308ISAera (.) no se podía estar <adentro de> [///] afuera .
  erabe.V.13S.IMPERF nonot.ADV seself.PRON.REFL.MF.3SP podíabe_able.V.13S.IMPERF estarbe.V.INFIN adentroinside.ADV deof.PREP afueraoutside.ADV .
  it was so bad one couldn't be outside.
534ISAy era la época .
  yand.CONJ erabe.V.13S.IMPERF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG épocaperiod.N.F.SG .
  and it was the time.
542ISAno [/] no era la costumbre .
  nonot.ADV nonot.ADV erabe.V.13S.IMPERF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG costumbrehabit.N.F.SG .
  it wasn't the custom.
592ISA+< no yo era más estricta con la comida .
  nonot.ADV yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S erabe.V.13S.IMPERF másmore.ADV estrictastrict.ADJ.F.SG conwith.PREP lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG comidameal.N.F.SG .
  no, I was very strict with eating.
923ISApero (.) &duran y era muy divertido .
  perobut.CONJ yand.CONJ erabe.V.13S.IMPERF muyvery.ADV divertidofun.ADJ.M.SG.[or].amuse.V.PASTPART .
  but [...] and it was great fun.
924ISAmuy lindo era comer afuera .
  muyvery.ADV lindocute.ADJ.M.SG erabe.V.13S.IMPERF comereat.V.INFIN afueraoutside.ADV .
  it was very nice to eat outside.
927ISA+< era &m era divertido .
  eraera.N.F.SG.[or].be.V.13S.IMPERF erabe.V.13S.IMPERF divertidofun.ADJ.M.SG .
  it was great fun.
927ISA+< era &m era divertido .
  eraera.N.F.SG.[or].be.V.13S.IMPERF erabe.V.13S.IMPERF divertidofun.ADJ.M.SG .
  it was great fun.
958ISAera de mami .
  eraera.N.F.SG deof.PREP mamiMummy.N.F.SG .
  it was Mum's.
965ISA+< yo pensé que era muy en fashionE .
  yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S penséthink.V.1S.PAST quethat.CONJ erabe.V.13S.IMPERF muyvery.ADV enin.PREP fashionfashion.N.SG .
  I thought it was very modern.

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