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Instances of be for speaker MSA

2MSAwel (dy)na be dw i (y)n feddwl .
  welwell.IM dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ynPRT feddwlthink.V.INFIN+SM .
  well, that's what I'm thinking
143MSA(dy)na be sy (y)n bod .
  dynathat_is.ADV bewhat.INT sybe.V.3S.PRES.REL ynPRT bodbe.V.INFIN .
  that's what's wrong
388MSAuh be ?
  uher.IM bewhat.INT ?
  er, what?
641MSA+, be (y)dy dyfodol y plant bach .
  bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES dyfodolfuture.N.M.SG ythe.DET.DEF plantchild.N.M.PL bachsmall.ADJ .
  what is the little children's future?
663MSAbe (y)dy dyfodol ?
  bewhat.INT ydybe.V.3S.PRES dyfodolfuture.N.M.SG ?
  what's the future?
913MSAie ac oedd [//] be oedd o (y)n +/.
  ieyes.ADV acand.CONJ oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF bewhat.INT oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF ohe.PRON.M.3S ynPRT .
  yes, because what it was...
917MSAdw i (ddi)m cofio be [/] pwy diwrnod oedd hi .
  dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ddimnot.ADV+SM cofioremember.V.INFIN bewhat.INT pwywho.PRON diwrnodday.N.M.SG oeddbe.V.3S.IMPERF hishe.PRON.F.3S .
  I don't remember which day it was
923MSAac um (.) dw i (ddi)m cofio be oedden nhw (y)n ateb i fi .
  acand.CONJ umum.IM dwbe.V.1S.PRES iI.PRON.1S ddimnot.ADV+SM cofioremember.V.INFIN bewhat.INT oeddenbe.V.3P.IMPERF nhwthey.PRON.3P ynPRT atebanswer.V.INFIN ito.PREP fiI.PRON.1S+SM .
  and I don't remember what they said to me in reply
1164MSAbe wnei di ?
  bewhat.INT wneido.V.2S.PRES+SM diyou.PRON.2S+SM ?
  what can you do?

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