SIARAD - Fusser16
Instances of be

45ANWbe arall fuon ni wneud efo (y)r # UrddCE (deu)dwch ?
  whatwhat.INT otherother.ADJ be.1PL.PASTbe.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF Urddname say.2PL.IMPERsay.V.2P.PRES
  what else did we get up to with the Urdd?
48SIRdibynnu be +.. .
  depend.NONFINdepend.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT
  depends what...
70ANWa be ddoth ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT come.3S.PASTcome.V.3S.PAST+SM
  and what came?
107SIRxxx a be wnaeth o dod â pry copyn mewn boxCE (y)no .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN withwith.PREP insectinsect.N.M.SG spiderunk inin.PREP boxbox.N.SG.[or].pox.N.SG+SM therethere.ADV
  [...] and what he did was bring along a spider in a box
183SIRohCE wchi be (dd)eudodd ElliwCE wrtha i ?
  IMoh.IM know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM Elliwname to.1Sto_me.PREP+PRON.1S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S
  oh, do you know what Elliw told me?
191SIR+" ohCE wsti be ?
  IMoh.IM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT
  "oh, you know what?"
212SIRa be oedd (y)na neidr fawr # viperE (fe)lly .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV snakesnake.N.F.SG bigbig.ADJ+SM viperviper.N.SG thusso.ADV
  and what was there, a big snake, a viper, like
251ANW&war mae methu dallt be oedd # yn gwingo .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT writhe.NONFINwrithe.V.INFIN
  she can't understand what was writhing
255ANWohCE dwn i (ddi)m be (ba)swn i wneud xxx .
  IMoh.IM know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  oh! I don't know what I'd do [...]
263ANWohCE be ddaru chi ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT happen.PASTdo.V.123SP.PAST PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P
  oh what did you do?
280SIR+" be wnest ti efo hi ?
  whatwhat.INT do.2S.PASTdo.V.2S.PAST+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S withwith.PREP PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  "what did you do with it?"
345ANWa be wnaeth o de +/ .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S TAGbe.IM+SM
  and what he did, right...
367ANWa dw i (ddi)m yn cofio # be ddigwyddodd .
  andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT happen.3S.PASThappen.V.3S.PAST+SM
  and I don't remember what happened
370ANWohCE be welsoch chi (y)n PatagoniaCE ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT see.2PL.PASTsee.V.2P.PAST+SM PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P inin.PREP Patagonianame
  what did you see in Patagonia
377ANWbe gafoch chi ?
  whatwhat.INT get.2PL.PASTunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P
  what did you get?
508ANWbe (y)dy o ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  what is it?
510ANWbe (y)dy enw (y)r +/?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF
  what's the name of..?
528SIRbe oedd matterCE dw (ddi)m yn gwybod .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF mattermatter.N.SG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN
  what was the matter, I don't know
669SIRond eto # be wela i # <na dw i (we)di> [?] weld o blaen hwyrach yn_de .
  butbut.CONJ againagain.ADV whatwhat.INT see.1S.NONPASTsee.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGPRT.NEG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM ofhe.PRON.M.3S beforefront.N.M.SG.[or].plain.ADJ+SM perhapsperhaps.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  yet again, what will I see that I haven't seen before perhaps, you know
740ANWa be ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  and what?
769ANW+, be mae pobl yn licio (y)n tŷ na fedrwch dros umCE [?] +/ .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES peoplepeople.N.F.SG PRTPRT like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP househouse.N.M.SG NEGPRT.NEG can.2PL.NONPASTbe_able.V.2P.PRES+SM overover.PREP+SM IMum.IM
  what people like in the house, can you, over um...
807SIRdw i (ddi)m yn gwybod be oedd o # a deud y gwir .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTand.CONJ say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF truthtruth.N.M.SG
  I don't know what it was, to tell the truth
816ANWbe (y)dy o ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  what is it?
847SIRmethu gwybod be &ɔi [//] (ba)swn i (y)n gael o (y)no # a dim isio cario (d)im_byd rhy fawr chwaith de .
  fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM fromhe.PRON.M.3S therethere.ADV andand.CONJ NEGnot.ADV wantwant.N.M.SG carry.NONFINcarry.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV tootoo.ADJ bigbig.ADJ+SM eitherneither.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  didn't know what I'd get from there, and didn't want to carry anything that was too big, either, you know
981SIRbe mynd ar dripCE oeddech chi ta rywun [?] xxx +.. .
  whatwhat.INT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN onon.PREP triptrip.N.SG+SM be.2PL.IMPbe.V.2P.IMPERF PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P orbe.IM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM
  what, did you go on a trip or [...] ..?
1144ANWbe (y)dy hynny (fe)lly ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP thusso.ADV
  what's that then?
1389SIRa finnau (y)n teimlo fel dwn i (ddi)m be .
  andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.EMPH.1S+SM PRTPRT feel.NONFINfeel.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT
  and I felt like I don't know what
1552SIR+" wsti be ?
  know.2S.NONPASTknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT
  "you know what?"
1574ANWohCE be (fy)sai (y)n da i fi de ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.CONDITfinger.V.3S.IMPERF+SM PRTPRT goodbe.IM+SM toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  oh, what good would it do me, eh?
1641SIRdw i (ddi)m yn gwybod be (y)dy henw hi .
  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 namename.N.M.SG+H PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  I don't know what her name is

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