SIARAD - Davies2
Instances of be for speaker GRE

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?
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.
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?
570GREsoCE os be ?
  soso.ADV ifif.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  So if, what?
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?
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?
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.
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 ...
1609GRE+" w(yddo)ch chi be &=laugh +! ?
  know.2PL.NONPASTunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P whatwhat.INT
  "Do you know what!?"

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