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Instances of be

23GWYa wedyn felly ella be wna i ydy justCE &ko [///] timod wna i deffro yn gynnar a sortio pob_dim allan yn bore .
  andand.CONJ afterafterwards.ADV thusso.ADV perhapsmaybe.ADV whatwhat.INT do.1S.NONPASTdo.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES do.1S.NONPASTdo.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S wake.NONFINwaken.V.INFIN PRTPRT earlyearly.ADJ+SM andand.CONJ sort.NONFINsort.V.INFIN everythingeverything.N.M.SG outout.ADV inPRT.[or].in.PREP morningmorning.N.M.SG .
  And so then maybe what I'll do is just get up early and sort everything out in the morning.
32GREbe dach chi am wneud pan dach chi yna ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM whenwhen.CONJ be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P therethere.ADV
  What are you going to do when you're there?
114GWYbe ti xxx +/ .
  whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  What [are?] you ...
232GWY<dw i (dd)im yn gwybod be sy (y)na> [?] .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL therethere.ADV
  I don't know what's there.
274GRE+< neu (y)r Academi neu be bynnag (y)dy enw o rŵan .
  oror.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF Academiname oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S nownow.ADV
  Or the Academi or whatever its name is now.
289GWYoedd hwnna be ar nos Lun ?
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG whatwhat.INT onon.PREP nightnight.N.F.SG MondayMonday.N.M.SG+SM
  That was on, what, a Monday night?
451GWYbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  What?
524GREumCE # be o'n i mynd i ddeud ?
  IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN PRTto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  Um, what was I going to say?
562GREbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  What?
563GWYohCE dw i (ddi)m yn gwybod be (y)dy (y)r trydydd peth .
  IMoh.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF thirdthird.ORD.M thingthing.N.M.SG
  Oh, I don't know what the third thing is.
565GWYohCE dw ddim yn cofio be (y)dy (y)r trydydd un .
  IMoh.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF thirdthird.ORD.M oneone.NUM
  Oh, I don't remember what the third one is.
570GREsoCE os be ?
  soso.ADV ifif.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  So if, what?
584GWYbe (y)dy (y)r trydydd xx ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF thirdthird.ORD.M
  What's the third ....?
627GWYbe oedd hi yn rhoid oedd StiltonCE .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Stiltonname
  What she put in it was Stilton...
649GWYbe sy ar teledu heno (y)ma ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL onon.PREP televisiontelevise.V.INFIN tonighttonight.ADV DEThere.ADV
  What's on television tonight?
659GWYbe ydy o +.. .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  What it is ...
755GWY+" ohCE be [/] be (fa)swn i (y)n medru deud (fa)sa (y)n glyfrach ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP clevererunk know.2S
  "Oh, what could I say that would be cleverer"?
755GWY+" ohCE be [/] be (fa)swn i (y)n medru deud (fa)sa (y)n glyfrach ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP clevererunk know.2S
  "Oh, what could I say that would be cleverer"?
794GREoedd o [///] # ohCE be ddeudodd o wrtha fi ?
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S to.1Sto_me.PREP+PRON.1S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM
  He was .. . Oh, what did he say to me?
801GREbe ddeudodd o ?
  whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  What did he say?
827GREohCE # umCE be o'n i (y)n mynd i ddeud ?
  IMoh.IM IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN PRTto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  Oh, what was I going to say?
854GREbe am yr filmCE bach (y)na ?
  whatwhat.INT aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF filmfilm.N.SG littlesmall.ADJ therethere.ADV
  What about that little film?
916GREa # dw i (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae LauraCE wneud .
  andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Lauraname do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  And I don't know what Laura's doing.
972GREti (y)n gwybod be dw i feddwl ?
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM
  You know what I mean?
1009GREbe mae o (y)n wneud rŵan ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM nownow.ADV
  What does he do now?
1013GREdw i (ddi)m yn cofio be ddeudodd o be [?] mae o wneud rŵan .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM nownow.ADV
  I don't remember what he said he does now.
1013GREdw i (ddi)m yn cofio be ddeudodd o be [?] mae o wneud rŵan .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM nownow.ADV
  I don't remember what he said he does now.
1016GREbe (y)dy enw hi .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  What's her name?
1025GREtimod be wnes i gysidro fo ychydig yn_ôl sti .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT do.1S.PASTdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S consider.NONFINconsider.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S littlea_little.QUAN backback.ADV know.2Syou_know.IM
  You know what, I considered it a while back, you know.
1052GREohCE yeahCE be oedd o ?
  IMoh.IM yesyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  Oh yes, what was it?
1054GWYbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  What?
1101GREbe wnei di heno ta ?
  whatwhat.INT do.2S.NONPASTdo.V.2S.PRES+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S+SM tonighttonight.ADV thenbe.IM
  What will you do tonight, then?
1149GWYtimod be oedd # mis Hydref .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.IMPERF monthmonth.N.M.SG OctoberOctober.N.M.SG
  You know what, it was.. . October.
1226GREsoCE wellCE hynna (y)n be dair wythnos rhywbeth felly ?
  soso.ADV wellwell.ADV thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT threethree.NUM.F+SM weekweek.N.F.SG somethingsomething.N.M.SG thusso.ADV
  So well, that's, what, three weeks, something like that?
1265GREermCE ohCE be (y)dy enw fo ?
  IMgerm.N.SG+SM IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  Oh, what's his name?
1281GREohCE be bynnag .
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ
  Oh, whatever.
1300GREachos be mae o [//] be mae (y)r athro yn wneud ydy mae o (y)n (fa)th â # yn roi taskCE i ni a wedyn mae o (y)n # pwyntio allan y gwallau a mae o (y)n gofyn fath â +"/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF teacherteacher.N.M.SG PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ PRTPRT give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM tasktask.N.SG toto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT point.NONFINpoint.V.INFIN outout.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF errorserror.N.M.SG andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ
  Because what the teacher does is, he, like, gives a task to us and then he points out the mistakes and he asks, like:
1300GREachos be mae o [//] be mae (y)r athro yn wneud ydy mae o (y)n (fa)th â # yn roi taskCE i ni a wedyn mae o (y)n # pwyntio allan y gwallau a mae o (y)n gofyn fath â +"/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF teacherteacher.N.M.SG PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ PRTPRT give.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM tasktask.N.SG toto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT point.NONFINpoint.V.INFIN outout.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF errorserror.N.M.SG andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ
  Because what the teacher does is, he, like, gives a task to us and then he points out the mistakes and he asks, like:
1301GRE+" be ydach chi (y)n meddwl sy (y)n wrongCE efo hwn ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT wrongwrong.ADJ withwith.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG then
  "what do you think is wrong with this, then?"
1307GREneu be bynnag timod .
  oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  Or whatever, you know.
1310GRE+" be sy bod efo hwn ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN withwith.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  "What's wrong with this?"
1313GRE+" be (fa)sa chdi (y)n deud yma ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN herehere.ADV
  "What would you say here?" .
1314GRE+" be (fa)sa chdi ddeud ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  "What would you say?"
1315GRE+" be (fa)sa chdi ddeud ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  "What would you say?"
1318GREmae o mynd roundCE a weithiau ti teimlo fath â (ddi)m syniad be (fa)sa chdi ddeud timod .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN aroundround.ADJ andand.CONJ sometimestimes.N.F.PL+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S feel.NONFINfeel.V.INFIN kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ NEGnot.ADV+SM ideaidea.N.M.SG whatwhat.INT be.2S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  He goes around, and sometimes you feel, like, no idea what you'd say, you know.
1358GREumCE be o'n i mynd i ddeud ?
  IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  What was I going to say?
1462GREohCE ia # dw i (we)di umCE [//] # dw i gwybod be dw i am gael i # DilwynCE a MariCE pan mae eu babi (y)n cyrraedd .
  IMoh.IM yesyes.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP IMum.IM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S aboutfor.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM forto.PREP Dilwynname andand.CONJ Mariname whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P babybaby.N.MF.SG PRTPRT arrive.NONFINarrive.V.INFIN
  Oh yes, I've .. . I know what I'm going to get for Dilwyn and Mari when their baby arrives.
1463GWYbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  What?
1471GRE+< achos be (fa)swn i (y)n licio gwneud ydy fath â bod nhw wedyn roi punt yr wythnos neu rywbeth yno fo a timod +/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P thenafterwards.ADV put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM poundpound.N.F.SG.[or].pound.N.F.SG DETthe.DET.DEF weekweek.N.F.SG oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM in.3SMthere.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S andand.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  Because what I'd like to do is, like, they then put a pound a week or something in it, and, yoiu know ...
1487GWYa be mae hi (we)di bod yn wneud ers agesE rŵan ydy mae hi wedi bod yn rhoid umCE [//] mae hi (we)di rhoi [//] bod yn rhoi papurau pres i_fewn yn ogystal â ceiniogau .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM sincesince.PREP agesunk nownow.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN IMum.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN paperspapers.N.M.PL moneymoney.N.M.SG insidein.PREP PRTPRT additionas well.ADV withwith.PREP coinspennies.N.F.PL
  And what she's been doing for ages now is that she's been putting banknotes in, as well as coins.
1492GWYbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  What?
1509GWY+< yeahCE ond ti (y)n dallt be dw i meddwl achos +/ .
  yesyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ
  Yes, but you understand what I mean, because ...
1555GWYbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  What?
1609GRE+" w(yddo)ch chi be &=laugh +! ?
  know.2PL.NONPASTunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P whatwhat.INT
  "Do you know what!?"

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