SIARAD - Davies12
Instances of be for speaker CER

19CER+< yeahCE be am ti ?
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  yeah, what about you?
30CERbe ers i ti fod yma ?
  whatwhat.INT sincesince.PREP forto.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM herehere.ADV
  what, since you've been here?
47CERbe oedd hi allan oedd ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S outout.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF
  what, she was out, was she?
58CERbe wneith hi ?
  whatwhat.INT do.3S.NONPASTdo.V.3S.FUT+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  what will she do?
78CERbe (dy)dy o (ddi)m yma <wsnos nesa> [?] ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM herehere.ADV weekweek.N.F.SG nextnext.ADJ.SUP
  what, he's not here next week?
90CER+< <be ti mynd i wneud then@s:eng> [?] # pen_blwydd ti ?
  whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thenthen.ADV birthdaybirthday.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  what are you going to do then, on your birthday?
130CERbe (wn)ei [?] di <pan ei> [?] di adre ?
  whatwhat.INT do.2S.NONPASTdo.V.2S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM whenwhen.CONJ go.2S.NONPASThis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM homehome.ADV
  what will you do when you go home?
173CER+< (fe)lly [=! laughs] # ie dw [//] # wellCE dw gwybod be wna i efo nhw .
  thusso.ADV yesyes.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES wellwell.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT do.1S.NONPASTdo.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  so, yes I...well, I don't know what I'll do with them
252CERbe diwrnod phriodas hi ?
  whatwhat.INT dayday.N.M.SG weddingmarriage.N.F.SG+AM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  what, on the day of her wedding?
261CERohCE be (y)dy ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  oh, what is she?
357CERti gwybod be ti cael i pen_blwydd ti (fe)lly ?
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN forto.PREP birthdaybirthday.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S thusso.ADV
  do you know what you're getting for your birthday, then
433CERumCE # wellCE ges i rei umCE # be (y)dyn nhw EnergizeCE # ohCE na umCE # DuracelCE .
  IMum.IM wellwell.ADV get.2S.pastget.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S somesome.PRON+SM IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P Energizename IMoh.IM nono.ADV IMum.IM Duracelname
  um, well I got some, um, what are they, Energize, oh no, um, Duracel
465CERo'n i (ddi)m yn gwybod be i ofyn am na (di)m_byd .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN+SM forfor.PREP NEGthan.CONJ.[or].no.ADV.[or].PRT.NEG.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].(n)or.CONJ nothingnothing.ADV
  I didn't know what to ask for or anything
485CER+< <ohCE yeahCE> [?] dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be i ofyn am wan .
  IMoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN+SM forfor.PREP nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  oh yeah, I don't know what to ask for now
486CERyeahCE be am ti ?
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  yeah, what about you?
562CERbe rheiny sy (y)n +//?
  whatwhat.INT thosethose.PRON be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT
  what, those that are..?
606CERumCE ## dw (ddi)m yn cofio be [//] # pa un (y)dy o justCE # y gyfraith justCE ## yr # xx llai &=laugh mwy neu lai &=laugh .
  IMum.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT whichwhich.ADJ oneone.NUM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S justjust.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF lawlaw.N.F.SG+SM justjust.ADV.[or].just.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF smallersmaller.ADJ.COMP moremore.ADJ.COMP oror.CONJ lesssmaller.ADJ.COMP+SM
  um, I don't remember what...which one it is, just law, just the smaller [...] more or less
739CERond lwcus xx ni sylweddoli be [/] # be oedd o wneud .
  butbut.CONJ luckylucky.ADJ PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P realise.NONFINrealise.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  but luckily [...] realised what...what he was doing
739CERond lwcus xx ni sylweddoli be [/] # be oedd o wneud .
  butbut.CONJ luckylucky.ADJ PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P realise.NONFINrealise.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  but luckily [...] realised what...what he was doing
860CER+" xxx wellCE <be &m> [/] be mae sôn am ?
  wellwell.ADV whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP
  " [...] well what...what's he talking about?"
860CER+" xxx wellCE <be &m> [/] be mae sôn am ?
  wellwell.ADV whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP
  " [...] well what...what's he talking about?"
933CERbe deud (hyn)na amdan [//] (am)danoch chi ?
  whatwhat.INT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP aboutfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P about.2Plfor_you.PREP+PRON.2P PRON.2Plyou.PRON.2P
  what, said that about you?
971CER+" be [=! laughs] &=laugh +! ?
  whatwhat.INT
  "what!?"
992CER<be (y)dan nhw> [?] ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  what are they?
1176CERdw (ddi)m yn cofio be (y)dy enw hi .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  I don't remember what she's called
1217CERa (dy)dy Ffridd(oedd)CE # fath â FfriddoeddCE ddim hanner mor # niceCE # â be (y)dy rei nhw .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG Ffriddoeddname kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ Ffriddoeddname NEGnot.ADV+SM halfhalf.N.M.SG soas.ADJ nicenice.ADJ PRTas.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES somesome.PRON+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  and Ffridd, like Ffriddoedd aren't half as nice as theirs
1312CERdw (ddi)m yn cofio be mae wneud .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  I don't remember what he does
1478CERyeahCE be oedd o ?
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  yeah, what was it?
1508CERbe adre neu yn coleg ?
  whatwhat.INT homehome.ADV oror.CONJ inPRT.[or].in.PREP collegecollege.N.M.SG
  what, home or at uni?

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