SIARAD - Fusser13
Instances of be for speaker BEI

134BEI+< xxx # be oedd o ddeud gwir .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMof.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM truthtrue.ADJ
  [...] what it was to tell the truth
337BEIxxx sureCE be .
  suresure.ADJ whatwhat.INT
  [...] sure what
437BEIa gweld GruffCE wrth fynd allan xxx ato fo i siarad a deud be oedd .
  andand.CONJ see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN Gruffname byby.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM outout.ADV to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S toto.PREP speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN andand.CONJ say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF
  and saw Gruff as I was going out [...] to him to talk and said what was up
505BEIbe oedden nhw ond lladron de .
  whatwhat.INT be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P butbut.CONJ thievesunk TAGbe.IM+SM
  what were they but thieves, you know
930BEIbe oedd yn gorwedd # wrth y gwrych yn braf # ond llwynog xxx .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT lie.NONFINlie_down.V.INFIN byby.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF hedgehedge.N.M.SG PRTPRT finefine.ADJ butbut.CONJ foxfox.N.M.SG
  what was lying happily by the hedge but a fox [...]
1135BEI+< ohCE mae (y)n dibynnu be arall wyt ti wneud dydy .
  IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT depend.NONFINdepend.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT otherother.ADJ be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  oh it depends what else you do, doesn't it
1215BEIbe sy (y)n anhygoel de # er bod nhw i_gyd (y)r un fath # mae (y)r gwahanol liwiau +/ .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT incredibleincredible.ADJ TAGbe.IM+SM althougher.IM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P allall.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF differentdifferent.ADJ colourscolours.N.M.PL+SM
  what's incredible, right, although they're all the same, the different colours...

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