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Instances of be for speaker BAE

129BAE+< wchi be o'n i feddwl i ddeud y gwir oedd # &=sigh Sais oedd hi wrth_gwrs +.. .
  know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF thruthtruth.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Englishmanname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S of_courseof_course.ADV
  you know what I thought, to be honest, was, she was English of course...
142BAEquestionCE dw i (we)di ofyn i fi fy hun yn aml dros y flwyddyn ddwytha (y)ma # hynny ydy ydy (y)r Cymry # yn gwir werthfawrogi # yr tirwedd sydd o_gwmpas # xxx # <a be sy gynnon ni> [?] .
  questionquestion.N.SG be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S selfself.PRON.SG PRTPRT oftenfrequent.ADJ overover.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF yearyear.N.F.SG+SM previouslast.ADJ+SM herehere.ADV thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF Welsh_peopleWelsh_people.N.M.PL PRTPRT truetrue.ADJ appreciate.NONFINappreciate.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF landscaperelief.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL aroundaround.ADV andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL with.1PLwith_us.PREP+PRON.1P PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  a question I have often asked myself during this last year, that is, do the Welsh fully appreciate the landscape which is around xxx and what we have
208BAEfelly os oedd hi (y)n glawio (y)n BetwsCE be fydden ni wneud rightCE aml yn ystod yr haf +/ .
  thusso.ADV ifif.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT rain.NONFINrain.V.INFIN inin.PREP Betwsname whatwhat.INT be.1PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.COND+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTmake.V.INFIN+SM do.NONFINright.ADJ rightfrequent.ADJ oftenin.PREP inrange.N.F.SG rangethe.DET.DEF DETsummer.N.M.SG summer
  so if it was raining in Betws, what we did quite often during the summer...
214BAEond erCE be oedden ni ddweud wrth_gwrs erCE fy mamCE a fi yn ei erbyn o oedd y peth gorau am Sir_Fôn oedd yr olygfa # yn_ôl # i (y)r [?] Eryri <(fe)lly (y)n_de> [?] .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM whatwhat.INT be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM of_courseof_course.ADV IMer.IM POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S mothermam.N.SG andand.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S againstby.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG bestbest.ADJ.SUP aboutfor.PREP Angleseyname be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF viewscene.N.F.SG+SM backback.ADV toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF Snowdonianame thusso.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  but what we said of course, my mother and I against him was that the best thing about Anglesey was the view back to Snowdonia, you know
319BAEmi <oeddwn i> [=? oedden ni] (y)n gwneud i (y)r teganau wneud be bynnag <yr oeddwn> [?] i [=? ni] eisiau (fe)lly (y)n_de .
  PRTPRT.AFF be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT make.NONFINmake.V.INFIN toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF toystoy.N.F.PL do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ PRTthat.PRON.REL be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S wantwant.N.M.SG thusso.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  I would make toys do what ever I wanted.
329BAE<mi oedd o> [?] (y)n gastell be bynnag oedd [?] ddychymyg yn [/] erCE erCE erCE erCE <yn dy(muno)> [//] yn dymuno (fe)lly (y)n_de .
  PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT castlecastle.N.M.SG+SM whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF imaginationimagine.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP IMer.IM IMer.IM IMer.IM IMer.IM PRTPRT wish.NONFINwish_to.V.INFIN PRTPRT wish.NONFINwish_to.V.INFIN thusso.ADV TAGisn't_it.IM
  it was a castle, what ever the imagination wished.
332BAEac unwaith mae o wedi # gwneud be bynnag mae o fod i wneud mae (y)n cymryd pum munud efallai i wneud hynna mae mynd [?] i un ochr (we)dyn yndy .
  andand.CONJ onceonce.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT ever-ever.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMof.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN fivefive.NUM minuteminute.N.M.SG maybeperhaps.CONJ toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP oneone.NUM sideside.N.F.SG thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  and once it has done whatever it is supposed to do (maybe it takes five minutes to do that) then it is pushed to one side, isn't it
336BAEac wedyn wrth_gwrs drwy <be dan nhw (y)n weld> [?] ar y teledu # bod ceir yn malu i_mewn i w_gilydd # mi gymran nhw eu teganau # a creu (y)r un effaith yn_gwnân .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV of_courseof_course.ADV throughthrough.PREP+SM whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESunder.PREP.[or].be.V.1P.PRES.[or].until.PREP+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF televisiontelevision.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN carscars.N.M.PL.[or].get.V.0.PRES PRTPRT grind.NONFINgrind.V.INFIN inin.ADV.[or].in.PREP toto.PREP each_otherunk PRTPRT.AFF take.3PL.NONPASTunk PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P toystoy.N.F.PL andand.CONJ create.NONFINcreate.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM effecteffect.N.F.SG do.3PL.NONPAST.NEGunk
  and then of course, because of what they see on TV, that cars run into each other, they will take their toys and create the same effect, won't they
519BAEac erCE # pan o'n i ddigon hen i fynd a crwydro o_gwmpas ar fikeCE hefo ffrind i mi umCE o BetwsCE dyna be fydden ni wneud ar # dydd Sadwrn neu ddydd Sul oedd mynd i chwilota amdanyn nhw (y)n_de .
  andand.CONJ IMer.IM whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S enoughenough.QUAN+SM oldold.ADJ toto.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM andand.CONJ wander.NONFINwander.V.INFIN aroundaround.ADV onon.PREP bikebike.N.SG+SM.[or].mike.N.SG+SM withwith.PREP+H friendfriend.N.M.SG toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S IMum.IM fromfrom.PREP Betwsname therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.COND+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM onon.PREP dayday.N.M.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG oror.CONJ dayday.N.M.SG+SM SundaySunday.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP serach.NONFINsearch.V.INFIN for.3PLfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P TAGisn't_it.IM
  and when I was old enough to go and wander about on a bike with a friend of mine from Betws, that was what we would do on a Saturday or Sunday, go and search for them.
637BAEbe <<am y> [/] <am y>> [?] llyn ?
  whatwhat.INT forfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF forfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF lakelake.N.M.SG
  what, towards the lake?
711BAEohCE dyna be ddigwyddodd wrth_gwrs .
  IMoh.IM therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT happen.3S.PASThappen.V.3S.PAST+SM of_courseof_course.ADV
  oh, that's what happened, of course.

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