SIARAD - Davies11
Instances of be for speaker OWA

22OWAumCE be oedd enw fo o grewCE o ferched ifanc ym MhwllheliCE ?
  IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S ofof.PREP crewgrew.SV.INFIN.[or].crew.N.SG+SM ofof.PREP girlsgirl.N.F.PL+SM youngyoung.ADJ inin.PREP Pwllheliname
  um, what was it called, of a group of young girls in Pwllheli
69OWAbe (y)dy (y)r gwesty ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF hotelhotel.N.M.SG
  what's the hotel?
93OWAia # lle oedd &eiv [//] Siop_GriffithsCE gynta # fel dw i (y)n deud GandolfiniCE # oedd o ohCE be ryw ganllath o (y)r [/] # y [/] y roundaboutCE sy mynd am GricciethCE .
  yesyes.ADV wherewhere.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Siop_Griffithsname firstfirst.ORD+SM likelike.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN Gandolfininame be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT somesome.PREQ+SM hundred_yardsunk fromof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF roundaboutroundabout.N.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN forfor.PREP Cricciethname
  yes, where Siop Griffiths was first, as I say, it was Gandolfini, oh what, about a hundred yards from the...the...the roundabout for Criccieth
154OWAdwn i (ddi)m be (ba)set ti (y)n alw fo RachelCE .
  know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT be.2S.CONDITbe.V.2S.PLUPERF PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S Rachelname
  I don't know what you'd call it, Rachel
392OWA(be)causeE fuon ni yn erCE [=? y] # be oedd enw fo &t ohCE Llanrhaeadr_ym_MochnantCE # (y)n ystod yr ha (y)ma .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1PL.PASTbe.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P inPRT.[or].in.PREP IMer.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S IMoh.IM Llanrhaeadr_ym_Mochnantname inin.PREP rangerange.N.F.SG DETthe.DET.DEF summersummer.N.M.SG herehere.ADV
  because we went to, er, what was it called, oh, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant this summer
415OWAbe (y)dy enw fo ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  what's it called?
416OWAohCE be (y)dy enw (y)r llyn # <neu (y)r &ar> [//] lle mae (y)r argae .
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF lakelake.N.M.SG oror.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF whereplace.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF damdam.N.M.SG
  oh, what's the name of the lake, or the...where the dam is
422OWAmae o tua be (y)dy o deuddeng milltir roundCE [?] dydy .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S approximatelytowards.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S twelveunk milemile.N.F.SG roundround.ADJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  it's about, what is is, twelve miles round, isn't it
426OWAohCE # be goblinCE +.. .
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT goblingoblin.N.SG
  oh, what the hell..?
481OWAumCE # be oedd enw (y)r dafarn ?
  IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF namename.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF taverntavern.N.MF.SG+SM
  um, what was the pub called?
621OWAdwn i (ddi)m be dach chi (y)n alw fo ?
  know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  I don't know, what do you call it?
661OWAdw innau (ddi)m cofio be +/ .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.EMPH.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT
  I don't remember either what...
849OWAmi oedd (y)na ddau # dderyn o [//] ddoth acw erCE <yn y> [/] yn y cyfnod hwnnw â phapurau efo fo # be mae (y)n galw (y)n C_I_T_E_SCE .
  PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV two.Mtwo.NUM.M+SM birdunk fromhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP come.3S.PASTcome.V.3S.PAST+SM thereover there.ADV IMer.IM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF periodperiod.N.M.SG thatthat.ADJ.DEM.M.SG withwith.PREP paperspapers.N.M.PL+AM withwith.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN PRTin.PREP C_I_T_E_Sname
  there were two birds that came to us, er, at that time that had papers, what they call CITES
851OWAdwn i (ddi)m # be [//] am be mae sefyll .
  know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES stand.NONFINstand.V.INFIN
  I don't know what it stands for
851OWAdwn i (ddi)m # be [//] am be mae sefyll .
  know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES stand.NONFINstand.V.INFIN
  I don't know what it stands for
900OWAac &=laugh yn oddCE # yr [//] # oedd hyn be diwedd Ionawr doedd .
  andand.CONJ PRTPRT oddodd.ADJ DETthat.PRON.REL be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP whatwhat.INT endend.N.M.SG JanuaryJanuary.N.M.SG be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG
  and strangely, this was, what, the end of January, wasn't it
973OWAar [/] ar ei dopCE o (y)n_hytrach na be sy ar ei waelod o (fe)lly yn cyfri lotCE fawr yn_de .
  onon.PREP onon.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S toptop.N.SG+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S ratherunk PRTno.ADV.[or].PRT.NEG.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].(n)or.CONJ.[or].than.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL onon.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S bottombottom.N.M.SG+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S thusso.ADV PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP count.NONFINcover.V.2S.PRES lotlot.N.SG verybig.ADJ+SM TAGisn't_it.IM
  on top rather than what's at the bottom of it, like, counts a great deal, you know
1012OWA+< <a wedyn mae> [?] [/] a wedyn mae (y)na ffordd pasio (y)r # swyddfeydd umCE # be oedden nhw OpticalsCE a (r)hein (fe)lly de .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV roadway.N.F.SG pass.NONFINpass.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF officesoffices.N.F.PL IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P Opticalsname andand.CONJ thesethese.PRON thusso.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  and then there...and then there's a road past the offices, um, what were they, Opticals and these ones, like, you know
1031OWAnag oedd na <oedd o> [//] oedd (y)na frawd yn # be oedd o wneud gweithio i_lawr yn y burfa olew yn # fath â Aberdaugleddau neu rywle (fe)lly .
  NEGthan.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF noPRT.NEG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV brotherbrother.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN downdown.ADV inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF refineryunk oiloil.N.M.SG inPRT kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ Milford_Havenname oror.CONJ somewheresomewhere.N.M.SG+SM thusso.ADV
  no, no, he...there was a brother who, what did he do, worked down in the oil refinery in, like, Milford Haven or somewhere like that
1083OWAbe (y)dy enw o ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  what's his name?

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