SIARAD - Davies3
Instances of be for speaker TOS

67TOSbe dw i (y)n edrych (y)mlaen xx ydy cael jobCE wan dechrau gweithio .
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN forwardforward.ADV [...]be.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESget.V.INFIN get.NONFINjob.N.SG jobweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM nowbeginning.N.M.SG.[or].begin.V.INFIN start.NONFINwork.V.INFIN work.NONFIN
  what I'm looking forward to [...] is to get a job now, start working
125TOSond be dw (y)n edrych (y)mlaen i wneud ydy # unwaith fydda i (y)n # un_deg_saith # <pan fydda i (y)n> [?] y chweched # fydda i (y)n gallu dechrau dreifio # byddaf [?] .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN forwardforward.ADV toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES onceonce.ADV be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP seventeenunk whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF sixthsixth.ORD be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN drive.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT
  but what I'm looking forward to doing is, once I'll be seventeen, when I'll be in the sixth form I'll be able to start driving, won't I
253TOSdyna be +// .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT
  that's what...
421TOS<be sy (y)n &bɔ> [//] be oedd yn boringE yn bandCE weithiau &s ti (y)n chwarae (y)r un darnau # <fath â> [?] stuffCE carnivalCE ar_gyfer yr ha a pethau # (y)r un pethau bob tro .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTwhatPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.IMPwhat.INT PRTbe.V.3S.IMPERF boringPRT inbore.V.INFIN+ASV bandPRT sometimesband.N.SG PRON.2Stimes.N.F.PL+SM PRTyou.PRON.2S play.NONFINPRT DETplay.V.INFIN onethe.DET.DEF piecesone.NUM kindfragments.N.M.PL.[or].pieces.N.M.PL withtype.N.F.SG+SM stuffas.CONJ carnivalstuff.SV.INFIN forcarnival.N.SG DETfor.PREP summerthe.DET.DEF andsummer.N.M.SG thingsand.CONJ DETthings.N.M.PL onethe.DET.DEF thingsone.NUM everythings.N.M.PL turneach.PREQ+SM turn.N.M.SG.[or].turn.V.2S.IMPER
  what's...what was boring in band sometimes, you play the same pieces, like, carnival stuff for summer and things, the same things every time
421TOS<be sy (y)n &bɔ> [//] be oedd yn boringE yn bandCE weithiau &s ti (y)n chwarae (y)r un darnau # <fath â> [?] stuffCE carnivalCE ar_gyfer yr ha a pethau # (y)r un pethau bob tro .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTwhatPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.IMPwhat.INT PRTbe.V.3S.IMPERF boringPRT inbore.V.INFIN+ASV bandPRT sometimesband.N.SG PRON.2Stimes.N.F.PL+SM PRTyou.PRON.2S play.NONFINPRT DETplay.V.INFIN onethe.DET.DEF piecesone.NUM kindfragments.N.M.PL.[or].pieces.N.M.PL withtype.N.F.SG+SM stuffas.CONJ carnivalstuff.SV.INFIN forcarnival.N.SG DETfor.PREP summerthe.DET.DEF andsummer.N.M.SG thingsand.CONJ DETthings.N.M.PL onethe.DET.DEF thingsone.NUM everythings.N.M.PL turneach.PREQ+SM turn.N.M.SG.[or].turn.V.2S.IMPER
  what's...what was boring in band sometimes, you play the same pieces, like, carnival stuff for summer and things, the same things every time
456TOSond <be wnaeth> [/] be wnaeth o alw fo # oedd # Fanfare_BrilliantCE <xx rywbeth stupidCE fel (y)na> [=! laughs] .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Fanfare_Brilliantname somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM stupidstupid.ADJ likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  but what...what he called it was Fanfare Brilliant [...] something stupid like that
456TOSond <be wnaeth> [/] be wnaeth o alw fo # oedd # Fanfare_BrilliantCE <xx rywbeth stupidCE fel (y)na> [=! laughs] .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Fanfare_Brilliantname somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM stupidstupid.ADJ likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  but what...what he called it was Fanfare Brilliant [...] something stupid like that
495TOSyeahCE dyna be o'n i meddwl pan o'n i meddwl bod fi # rightCE dda .
  yeahyeah.ADV therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM rightright.ADJ goodgood.ADJ+SM
  yeah, that's what I thought when I thought I was quite good
549TOSdw (ddi)m yn gwybod be wnawn ni dros yr ha thoughE .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT do.1PL.NONPASTdo.V.1P.PRES+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P overover.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF summersummer.N.M.SG thoughthough.CONJ
  I don't know what we'll do over summer, though
577TOSbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
579TOSbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
603TOS+< be T_A_Sau ?
  whatwhat.INT S_A_Tsname
  what, SATs?
611TOSa mae (y)n nightmareE gweld cerdd sy justCE fath â # dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae o amdan <be &m> [/] be mae o (y)n sôn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nightmarenightmare.N.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN poemmusic.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL kindjust.ADV withtype.N.F.SG+SM be.1S.PRESas.CONJ NEGbe.V.1S.PRES PRTnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINPRT whatknow.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES abouthe.PRON.M.3S whatfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES PRThe.PRON.M.3S mention.NONFINPRT mention.V.INFIN
  and it's a nightmare to see a poem that's just, like, I don't know what it's about, what...what it talks about
611TOSa mae (y)n nightmareE gweld cerdd sy justCE fath â # dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae o amdan <be &m> [/] be mae o (y)n sôn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nightmarenightmare.N.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN poemmusic.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL kindjust.ADV withtype.N.F.SG+SM be.1S.PRESas.CONJ NEGbe.V.1S.PRES PRTnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINPRT whatknow.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES abouthe.PRON.M.3S whatfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES PRThe.PRON.M.3S mention.NONFINPRT mention.V.INFIN
  and it's a nightmare to see a poem that's just, like, I don't know what it's about, what...what it talks about
611TOSa mae (y)n nightmareE gweld cerdd sy justCE fath â # dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae o amdan <be &m> [/] be mae o (y)n sôn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nightmarenightmare.N.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN poemmusic.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL kindjust.ADV withtype.N.F.SG+SM be.1S.PRESas.CONJ NEGbe.V.1S.PRES PRTnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINPRT whatknow.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES abouthe.PRON.M.3S whatfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES PRThe.PRON.M.3S mention.NONFINPRT mention.V.INFIN
  and it's a nightmare to see a poem that's just, like, I don't know what it's about, what...what it talks about
626TOSti (y)n gorfod # gwybod be mae (y)r bardd yn sôn amdano # pwy ydy (y)r bardd # mesur y gerdd .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN knowknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF poetpoet.N.M.SG PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN about.3SMfor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S whowho.PRON be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF poetpoet.N.M.SG metermeasure.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF poemmusic.N.F.SG+SM
  you have to know what the poet's talking about, who the poet is, the poem's meter
676TOSond # be dw isio (y)dy gael pethau fel (y)na adre .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES wantwant.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM thingsthings.N.M.PL likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV homehome.ADV
  but what I want is to get things like that at home
719TOSbe o'n i (y)n gweld oedd fath â # ar y we pan wnes i sbïo ar y we xx rhei speakersE fath â wyth gan punt a pethau fel (y)na .
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF webweb.N.F.SG+SM whenwhen.CONJ do.NONFINdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF webweb.N.F.SG+SM [...]some.PREQ somespeaker.N.PL speakerstype.N.F.SG+SM kindas.CONJ witheight.NUM eightwith.PREP hundredpound.N.F.SG.[or].pound.N.F.SG poundand.CONJ andthings.N.M.PL thingslike.CONJ likethere.ADV there
  what I saw was, like, on the web, when I looked on the web [...] some speakers eight hundred pounds and things like that
881TOSyeahCE be sy (y)n annoyingE (y)dy commercialE breaksCE yn ganol thingsE .
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT annoyingannoy.V.INFIN+ASV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES commercialcommercial.ADJ breaksbreak.SV.INFIN+PL inPRT middlemiddle.N.M.SG+SM thingsthing.N.PL
  yeah, what's annoying is commercial breaks in the middle of things
904TOSti be o'n i methu coelio # deudodd [/] [?] ddeudodd un o ffrindiau i (y)n (y)r ysgol # <bod o efo [?] twoE hundredE andE &f> [//] bod o (we)di cael Dolig bod o (we)di cael # twoE hundredE andE fiveE # o gwahanol SimpsonsCE episodesCE # dau gant a pump o C_DsE # hefo SimpsonsCE arnyn nhw # &=laugh .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN believe.NONFINbelieve.V.INFIN say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM oneone.NUM ofof.PREP friendsfriends.N.M.PL PRON.3SMto.PREP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF schoolschool.N.F.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S withwith.PREP twotwo.NUM hundredhundred.NUM andand.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN twotwo.NUM hundredhundred.NUM andand.CONJ fivefive.NUM ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP differentdifferent.ADJ Simpsonsname episodesepisode.N.SG+PL two.Mtwo.NUM.M hundredhundred.N.M.SG+SM andand.CONJ fivefive.NUM offrom.PREP C_Dsname withwith.PREP+H Simpsonsname on.3PLon_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  you what I couldn't believe, one of my friends at school said that he's got two hundred and...that he got for Christmas, that he got two hundred and five different Simpsons episodes, two hundred and five CDs with the Simpsons on them

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