SIARAD - Davies15
Instances of be

7NEL+" Duw be haru ti ?
  Godname whatwhat.INT bear.NONFINunk PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  "God, don't be silly"
20NELohCE &s &d <be (y)dy> [//] # be mae dy daid am [?] # wneud ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S grandfathergrandfather.N.M.SG+SM forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  oh what's...what's your grandfather going to do?
20NELohCE &s &d <be (y)dy> [//] # be mae dy daid am [?] # wneud ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S grandfathergrandfather.N.M.SG+SM forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  oh what's...what's your grandfather going to do?
75NEL&=laugh be s(y) gen ti blanio [?] at weekendE xx ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S plan.NONFINunk forto.PREP weekendweekend.N.SG
  what have you got planned for the weekend [...] ?
210NELbe wnaethoch chi <drwy dydd> [?] ?
  whatwhat.INT do.2PL.PASTdo.V.2P.PAST+SM PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P throughthrough.PREP+SM dayday.N.M.SG
  what did you do all day?
265NELie dw (ddi)m (gwy)bod # be i wneud fynd i SteddfodCE blwyddyn yma .
  yesyes.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP Eisteddfodname yearyear.N.F.SG herehere.ADV
  yes, I don't know what to do [about?] going to the Eisteddfod this year
315TEGia ond be &ni &ʃ +/ .
  yesyes.ADV butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  yes but what...
316NEL+< xxx be fedri di xx ddeud amdano fo .
  whatwhat.INT can.2S.NONPASTbe_able.V.2S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM about.3SMfor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  [...] what can you say about it
317TEGbe xxx trio ddeud (y)dy dw meddwl munud xxx dechrau sgwennu mae # actualE sgwennu # a cael yr word_countE i_fyny dw (ddi)m yn meddwl bod o (y)n jobCE justCE bod o +/ .
  whatwhat.INT try.NONFINtry.V.INFIN say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN minuteminute.N.M.SG start.NONFINbeginning.N.M.SG.[or].begin.V.INFIN write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES actualactual.ADJ write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN andand.CONJ get.NONFINget.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF word_countunk upup.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S jobPRT justjob.N.SG be.NONFINjust.ADV PRON.3SMbe.V.INFIN he.PRON.M.3S
  what [...] trying to say is I think once [...] start to write, actually writing and getting the word-count up, I don't think it's difficult, just that it's...
362NELo be dw i (we)di siarad (e)fo [?] pobl eraill dw meddwl bod chdi un_ai (y)n gallu wneud fel # &ka [//] fewE daysE a ti sgwennu llwyth [!] # a wedyn wnei di (ddi)m sgwennu (di)m_byd wedyn am # tua wsnos .
  fromhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN withwith.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG otherothers.PRON be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S eithereither.ADV PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM likelike.CONJ fewfew.ADJ daysday.N.PL andand.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN loadload.N.M.SG.[or].tribe.N.M.SG andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV do.2S.NONPASTdo.V.2S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM NEGnot.ADV+SM write.NONFINwrite.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV thenafterwards.ADV forfor.PREP approximatelytowards.PREP weekweek.N.F.SG
  from what I've spoken with other people I think you can either do, like, a few days and you write loads and then you won't write anything then for about a week
379NELxx ia dyna be wne(s) +// .
  yesyes.ADV therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT do.1S.PASTdo.V.1S.PAST+SM
  [...] yes, that's what I...
563NELmae isio fi wneud <fel umCE> [/] # erCE fel timod gwaith i (y)r cwmni fel gyrru holiaduron allan i bobl # pawb mae [//] sy (we)di [/] wedi cysylltu efo fo xx <fel bod fi (y)n gallu &r # deud> [///] # fel iddo [=? i gael] gweld be [//] # <os oedden nhw> [///] # timod xxx (y)r cwmni (we)di <trin nhw (y)n> [/] # trin nhw (y)n iawn a pethau [?] .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES wantwant.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM likelike.CONJ IMum.IM IMer.IM likelike.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES worktime.N.F.SG.[or].work.N.M.SG forto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF companycompany.N.M.SG likelike.CONJ send.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN questionnairesquestionnaires.N.M.PL outout.ADV toto.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM everybodyeveryone.PRON be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP PRT.PASTafter.PREP contact.NONFINlink.V.INFIN withwith.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S likelike.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ for.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT ifif.CONJ be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF companycompany.N.M.SG PRT.PASTafter.PREP treat.NONFINtreat.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT treat.NONFINtreat.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT rightOK.ADV andand.CONJ thingsthings.N.M.PL
  he wants me to do, like um...er, like, you know, work for the company, like send out questionnaires to people, everybody that's contacted him so I can say...for him to see what...if they...you know, [...] the company treated them...treated them right and so on
571TEGmmmCE soCE be ti am wneud # weekendE (y)ma ?
  IMmmm.IM soso.ADV whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM weekendweekend.N.SG herehere.ADV
  mmm, so what are you going to do this weekend?
737TEG+< wellCE be o'n i (y)n gobeithio (y)dy bod fi am gael joban # yn y brifysgol .
  wellwell.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF porn.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT hope.NONFINhope.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM forfor.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM jobunk inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF univeristyuniversity.N.F.SG+SM
  well, what I was hoping was that I'll get a job at the university
798TEGond erCE # dim # achos yr lle justCE achos <y be> [?] sy mynd ymlaen (y)na [?] .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM NEGnot.ADV becausebecause.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF placeplace.N.M.SG justjust.ADV.[or].just.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN aheadforward.ADV therethere.ADV
  but er, not because of the place just because of what's going on there
874TEGsoCE be ti am wneud ?
  soso.ADV whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  so what are you going to do?
955NEL+" raid chdi watsiad be chdi wneud sti !
  necessitynecessity.N.M.SG+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S watch.NONFINunk whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM know.2Syou_know.IM
  "you have to watch what you're doing, you know!"

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