PATAGONIA - Patagonia39
Instances of be

91LIAbe o(eddw)n i mynd i ddeud ?
  bewhat.INT oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S myndgo.V.INFIN ito.PREP ddeudsay.V.INFIN+SM ?
  what was I going to say?
176AMAbe ydy desfileS ["] ?
  bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES desfileparade.N.M.SG ?
  what is desfile (procession)?
178AMAti (y)n cofio be ydy desfileS ["] (y)n (.) Cymraeg ?
  tiyou.PRON.2S ynPRT cofioremember.V.INFIN bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES desfileparade.N.M.SG ynin.PREP CymraegWelsh.N.F.SG ?
  do you remember what desfile is in Welsh?
183AMA+< <dw i (y)n> [/] dw i (y)n gwybod ond ddim [?] gès arna fi <heddiw (y)ma> [?] (.) be (y)dy o .
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT gwybodknow.V.INFIN ondbut.CONJ ddimnot.ADV+SM gèsclue.N.M.SG arnaon_me.PREP+PRON.1S fiI.PRON.1S+SM heddiwtoday.ADV ymahere.ADV bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES ohe.PRON.M.3S .
  I do know but I have no idea today what it is.
457LIA(dy)na be dw i (y)n deud bob amser .
  dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT deudsay.V.INFIN bobeach.PREQ+SM amsertime.N.M.SG .
  that's what I say all the time.
479LIAa ti gwybo(d) be ?
  aand.CONJ tiyou.PRON.2S gwybodknow.V.INFIN bewhat.INT ?
  and you know what?
592AMAdw i (y)n meddwl bod o mor bwysig be dan ni (we)di cael pan oedden ni (y)n fach .
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT meddwlthink.V.INFIN bodbe.V.INFIN ohe.PRON.M.3S morso.ADV bwysigimportant.ADJ+SM bewhat.INT danbe.V.1P.PRES niwe.PRON.1P wediafter.PREP caelget.V.INFIN panwhen.CONJ oeddenbe.V.1P.IMPERF niwe.PRON.1P ynPRT fachsmall.ADJ+SM .
  I think it's so important, what we've had when we were young.
937LIA&no (dy)na be oedd y [/] y gwaith hynny .
  dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ythe.DET.DEF ythe.DET.DEF gwaithwork.N.M.SG hynnythat.ADJ.DEM.SP .
  that's what that work was.
969AMAa (y)r uh be arall oedd hi (y)n wneud ?
  aand.CONJ yrthe.DET.DEF uher.IM bewhat.INT arallother.ADJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF hishe.PRON.F.3S ynPRT wneudmake.V.INFIN+SM ?
  and the, er, what else did she make ?
975AMA+< ti (y)n cofio be oedd o ?
  tiyou.PRON.2S ynPRT cofioremember.V.INFIN bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ?
  do you remember what it was?
1047LIAbe <wnewch chi> [?] ?
  bewhat.INT wnewchdo.V.2P.PRES+SM chiyou.PRON.2P ?
  what do you do?
1050AMAa be wyt ti feddwl fydden nhw (y)n meddwl ohonyn ni (ei)n dwy yn siarad Cymraeg rŵan ?
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT wytbe.V.2S.PRES tiyou.PRON.2S feddwlthink.V.INFIN+SM fyddenbe.V.3P.COND+SM nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT meddwlthink.V.INFIN ohonynfrom_them.PREP+PRON.3P niwe.PRON.1P einour.ADJ.POSS.1P dwytwo.NUM.F ynPRT siaradtalk.V.INFIN CymraegWelsh.N.F.SG rŵannow.ADV ?
  and what do you thing they'll think of us two speaking Welsh now?
1052AMA+< be fydd pobl (.) yr uh universityE +...
  bewhat.INT fyddbe.V.3S.FUT+SM poblpeople.N.F.SG yrthe.DET.DEF uher.IM universityuniversity.N.SG .
  what will the people in the, er, university...
1053LIA+< (dy)na be <dw i &r> [//] dw i meddwl (he)fyd .
  dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S meddwlthink.V.INFIN hefydalso.ADV .
  that's what I'm thinking as well.
1184LIAia (dy)na be dw i (y)n deud .
  iayes.ADV dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT deudsay.V.INFIN .
  yes, that's what I say.
1188AMA+< a be wyt ti +//.
  aand.CONJ bewhat.INT wytbe.V.2S.PRES tiyou.PRON.2S .
  and what do you...
1264AMAachos oedden nhw ddim yn deall be oedden nhw (y)n deud .
  achosbecause.CONJ oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ddimnot.ADV+SM ynPRT deallunderstand.V.INFIN bewhat.INT oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT deudsay.V.INFIN .
  because they didn't understand what they were saying.
1318AMA+< dyna be o(eddw)n i (y)n deud .
  dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT oeddwnbe.V.1S.IMPERF iI.PRON.1S ynPRT deudsay.V.INFIN .
  that's what I was saying.
1340AMAbe wnewn ni ?
  bewhat.INT wnewndo.V.1S.PRES+SM niwe.PRON.1P ?
  what do we do?

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