SIARAD - Fusser16
Instances of be for speaker SIR

48SIRdibynnu be +.. .
  depend.NONFINdepend.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT
  depends what...
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
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?"
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
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
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 [...] ..?
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?"
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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