SIARAD - Davies1
Instances of beth for speaker SAR

89SARsa i (y)n gwybod [?] beth yw e .
  NEGbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  I don't know what it is
374SARyeahCE # (dy)na (y)r unig beth bydden i (y)n hwnna .
  yeahyeah.ADV therethat_is.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF onlyonly.PREQ thingwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.3P.COND PRON.1SI.PRON.1S.[or].to.PREP PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  yeah, that's the only thing I'd be like that
587SAR(dy)na beth o'n i (y)n xx .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP
  that's what I [...]
660SAR<(dy)na beth oedd &n> [//] (dy)na beth oedd e (gy)da fi .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  that's what it was for me
660SAR<(dy)na beth oedd &n> [//] (dy)na beth oedd e (gy)da fi .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  that's what it was for me
762SARoedd gwaith sgwennu lan beth oedd pawb (we)di gweud a # xx anfon [?] hwnna .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF worktime.N.F.SG.[or].work.N.M.SG write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN upshore.N.F.SG+SM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF everybodyeveryone.PRON PRT.PASTafter.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN andand.CONJ send.NONFINsend.V.INFIN thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  there was work writing up what everybody had said and [...] sending that
807SARxx achos (dy)na beth o'n i (y)n gweud .
  becausebecause.CONJ therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN
  [...] that's what I was saying
879SAR+" achos so ti gallu cael bloodE testCE tan dydd Llun beth bynnag .
  becausebecause.CONJ NEGso.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN get.NONFINget.V.INFIN bloodblood.N.SG testtest.SV.INFIN untiluntil.PREP dayday.N.M.SG MondayMonday.N.M.SG whatthing.N.M.SG+SM ever-ever.ADJ
  "because you can't have a blood test until Monday anyway"
883SAR+" beth ?
  whatwhat.INT
  "what?"
911SARoedd hi (we)di gweud (wr)tho fi ddod mewn awr yn gynt na beth oedd y doctorCE yn cyrraedd .
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN toto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM inin.PREP hourhour.N.F.SG PRTPRT earlierearlier.ADJ+SM PRT(n)or.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF doctordoctor.N.SG PRTPRT arrive.NONFINarrive.V.INFIN
  she'd told me to come in an hour before the doctor arrived

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