SIARAD - Davies14
Instances of be for speaker FRE

101FREbe (y)dy (y)r Cymraeg +.. .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF WelshWelsh.N.F.SG
  what's the Welsh ...?
178FREbe mae nhw (y)n meddwl o Nain # yn redeg shopCE ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN offrom.PREP Grandmothername PRTPRT run.NONFINrun.V.INFIN+SM shopshop.N.SG
  what do they think of Gran running a shop?
201FREbe ti am wneud ?
  whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S aboutfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  what are you going to do?
279FRE+< yeahCE be [/] be [///] mae gynno chi (y)r velcroCE neu rywbeth ar [/] ar eich +.. .
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES with.2PLwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P DETthe.DET.DEF velcrounk oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM onon.PREP onon.PREP POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P
  yeah, you have velcro or something on your ...
279FRE+< yeahCE be [/] be [///] mae gynno chi (y)r velcroCE neu rywbeth ar [/] ar eich +.. .
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES with.2PLwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P DETthe.DET.DEF velcrounk oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM onon.PREP onon.PREP POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P
  yeah, you have velcro or something on your ...
397FRE+< xx ohCE be (y)dan ni am wneud hebddo chi [//] yr ddau ohonoch chi ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P aboutfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM withoutwithout_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P DETthe.DET.DEF two.Mtwo.NUM.M+SM of.2PLfrom_you.PREP+PRON.2P PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P
  [..] oh, what are we going to do without the two of you?
418FREbe mae hi yn +// .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP
  what is she ...
424FREbe digwyddodd i (y)r popty ?
  whatwhat.INT happen.3S.PASThappen.V.3S.PAST toI.PRON.1S.[or].to.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF ovenoven.N.M.SG
  what happened to the oven?
594FRE+" be (y)dy (ei)ch enw # <ohCE yeahCE> [?] ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P namename.N.M.SG IMoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV
  "what's your name, oh yeah" .
632FRE+< be [/] be [//] pa waith sydd # &om [//] o (ei)ch blaen (y)fory ?
  whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT whichwhich.ADJ worktime.N.F.SG+SM.[or].work.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL ofof.PREP POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P frontfront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM tomorrowtomorrow.ADV
  what work do you have ahead of you tomorrow?
632FRE+< be [/] be [//] pa waith sydd # &om [//] o (ei)ch blaen (y)fory ?
  whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT whichwhich.ADJ worktime.N.F.SG+SM.[or].work.N.M.SG+SM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL ofof.PREP POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P frontfront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM tomorrowtomorrow.ADV
  what work do you have ahead of you tomorrow?
645FRE+< xx (y)dach chi wedi # penderfynu be (y)dach chi am ## ddweud ?
  be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRT.PASTafter.PREP decide.NONFINdecide.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P aboutfor.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  [..] have you decided what you're going to say?
683FREa be (y)dach chi am wneud yn y bore ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P aboutfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF morningmorning.N.M.SG
  and what are you going to do in the morning?
796FREumCE ond umCE # GrahamCE [/] GrahamCE be (y)dy enw fo [/] GrahamCE ## umCE # sy (y)n byw yng Nghaergybi .
  IMum.IM butbut.CONJ IMum.IM Grahamname Grahamname whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S Grahamname IMum.IM be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP Holyheadname
  but Graham--what's his name--who lives in Holyhead.
910FRE+< be [/] # be oedd Ann_GriffithsCE erCE ?
  whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Ann_Griffithsname IMer.IM
  what was Ann Griffiths?
910FRE+< be [/] # be oedd Ann_GriffithsCE erCE ?
  whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Ann_Griffithsname IMer.IM
  what was Ann Griffiths?
968FRE+" wellCE pryd a be ?
  wellwell.ADV whenwhen.INT.[or].time.N.M.SG andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  "well, when and what?"

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