SIARAD - Davies12
Instances of be for speaker SAL

1SALbe ti wneud weekendE (y)ma ?
  whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM weekendweekend.N.SG herehere.ADV
  what are you doing this weekend?
159SALfel be ?
  likelike.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  like what?
457SALti gwybod be ti gael Dolig ?
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG
  do you know whawt you're getting for Christmas?
461SAL<wyt ti (y)n> [//] <wyt ti fel yn> [//] # erCE wyt ti (y)n gofyn wrth [?] rhieni fel be ti isio ?
  be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S likelike.CONJ PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP IMer.IM be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN toby.PREP parentsparents.N.M.PL PRON.2Slike.CONJ likewhat.INT whatyou.PRON.2S PRON.2Swant.N.M.SG want
  do you...do you, like...er, do you ask your parents, like, what you want
488SALfel # dw i byth yn gwybod be i gael .
  likelike.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM
  like, I never know what to get
605SALbe [//] pa gwrs (y)dy hwnna ?
  whatwhat.INT whichwhich.ADJ coursecourse.N.M.SG+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  what course is that?
609SALxxx be (oe)dd e wneud .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  [...] what he was doing
616SAL+< timod be gaeth o ?
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT get.3S.pastget.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  do you know what he got?
759SALond be ddiawl mae wneud efo fo +! ?
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT devilunk be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  but what the hell is she doing with him!?
844SALdyna be sy (y)n cael fi .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  that's what gets me
1018SALmmmCE be (y)dy o ?
  IMmmm.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  mmm, what is it?
1022SALcouldE beE lotCE worseE .
  couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN lotlot.N.SG worseworse.ADJ
  could be lot worse
1174SALdw (ddi)m yn cofio be (y)dy enw (y)r un # gwallt blondeE .
  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 DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM hairhair.N.M.SG blondeblonde.N.SG
  I don't remember the name of the blonde one
1413SAL+< xxx dyna be dw feddwl am [/] am ElinorCE .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM aboutfor.PREP aboutfor.PREP Elinorname
  [...] that's what I think about Elinor
1425SAL(be)causeE (dy)dy (e)rioed (we)di aros yma (dy)dy (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae methu .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG nevernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP stay.NONFINwait.V.INFIN herehere.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES miss.NONFINfail.V.INFIN
  because she's never stayed her she doesn't know what she's missing
1452SALumCE # butE [?] oedd hwnna mond am tua be dau fis (ryw)beth fel (yn)a .
  IMum.IM butbut.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG onlybond.N.M.SG+NM forfor.PREP approximatelytowards.PREP whatwhat.INT two.Mtwo.NUM.M monthmonth.N.M.SG+SM somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  um, but that was only for what, about two months, something like that

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