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Instances of be for speaker BRE

509BREwybod yn byd be ffeindiwch chi fan (y)na .
  know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN+SM inPRT.[or].in.PREP worldworld.N.M.SG whatwhat.INT find.2PL.NONPASTfind.V.2P.IMPER PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV
  who knows what you'll find there
587BREefo be +! ?
  withwith.PREP whatwhat.INT
  what with!?
617BRE+< be (y)dy hwn wan ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  what's this, now?
618BREbe (y)dy hwn wan ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  what's this, now?
707BRE+< be (y)dy enw (y)r cwrs yma ta ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG DETthe.DET.DEF coursecourse.N.M.SG herehere.ADV thenbe.IM
  what's the name of this course, then?
801BREbe mae (we)di gwneud mae (we)di gwneud y pethau bach (y)ma .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF thingsthings.N.M.PL smallsmall.ADJ herehere.ADV
  what he's done, he's made these small things
805BRE+< be (y)dy (y)r pixelsCE &n +//?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF pixelspixel.N.SG+PL
  what, do the pixels..?
807BRE+< be (y)dy pixelsCE ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES pixelspixel.N.SG+PL
  what are pixels?
847BREbe [/] be oedd eich daskCE [//] taskCE chi xxx hyn ?
  whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P tasktask.N.SG+SM tasktask.N.SG PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP
  what...whawt was your task [...] ?
847BREbe [/] be oedd eich daskCE [//] taskCE chi xxx hyn ?
  whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P tasktask.N.SG+SM tasktask.N.SG PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P thisthis.PRON.DEM.SP
  what...whawt was your task [...] ?
1008BREond be sy (y)n eich dychryn chi de ydy # pa mor fyr ydy bywyd de xx # (y)n enwedig wedi cyrraedd ein hoed ni rŵan .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P frighten.NONFINfrighten.V.INFIN PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P TAGbe.IM+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whichwhich.ADJ soso.ADV shortshort.ADJ+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES lifelife.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM PRTPRT particularespecially.ADJ PRT.PASTafter.PREP reach.NONFINarrive.V.INFIN POSS.1PLour.ADJ.POSS.1P ageage.N.M.SG+H PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P nownow.ADV
  but what frightens your, right, is how short life is, isn't it [...] particularly after getting to our age now
1028BRE(w)chi be sy wneud i deimlo (y)n hen ydy <y # plant> [/] # y plant (y)ma (y)n cael plant de .
  know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP feel.NONFINfeel.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT oldold.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF childrenchild.N.M.PL DETthe.DET.DEF childrenchild.N.M.PL herehere.ADV PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN childrenchild.N.M.PL TAGbe.IM+SM
  you know what makes me feel old is the children...these children having children, you know
1174BREa (we)dyn be mae wneud mae &r [/] yrru o lawr +/ .
  andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES send.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S downdown.ADV.[or].floor.N.M.SG+SM
  and then what she does, she sends it down...
1226BREefo be dach chi medru gwneud (r)heina ?
  withwith.PREP whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN thosethose.PRON
  what can you do those with
1252BREa be dach chi isio wneud <i &ɬ> [//] umCE [?] yn y llefydd (y)ma xxx ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P wantwant.N.M.SG do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP IMum.IM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF placesplaces.N.M.PL herehere.ADV
  and what do you want to do in these places [...] ?
1484BREbe (y)dy hwn ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  what's this?
1492BRE(w)chi be (ba)swn i licio gael ?
  know.2PLknow.V.2P.PRES whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM
  you know what I'd like to have?
1764BREbe fyswn i licio wneud # acw a dw i (we)di &me [/] methu wneud o ydy # sganio # llun .
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.CONDITfinger.V.1S.IMPERF+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM thereover there.ADV andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES scan.NONFINscan.V.INFIN picturepicture.N.M.SG
  what I'd like to do at home, and I haven't been able to do it, is to scan a picture
1767BREa be dw i wneud ydy mae o mynd yn rhy fawr .
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN PRTPRT tootoo.ADJ bigbig.ADJ+SM
  and what I do is, it gets too big
1769BREdach chi (y)n dallt [=? ddallt] be dw i feddwl ?
  be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM
  do you know what I mean?
1857BREmae gyn i bethau dod i_fyny ar y screenCE wedyn yn deud # be mae o wneud a pethau felly .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S thingsthings.N.M.PL+SM come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN upup.ADV onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF screenscreen.N.SG thenafterwards.ADV PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMof.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM andand.CONJ thingsthings.N.M.PL thusso.ADV
  I've got things that come up on the screen then saying what it's doing and so on
2141BREbe dw i sôn amdano fo ydy [/] # ydy sganio nhw de .
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN about.3SMfor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES scan.NONFINscan.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P TAGbe.IM+SM
  what I'm talking about is scanning them, you know
2151BREia ohCE dyna be dw i (we)di bod yn wneud yn anghywir (fe)lly de .
  yesyes.ADV IMoh.IM therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT wrongincorrect.ADJ thusso.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  yes, oh that's what I've been doing wrong, then, isn't it
2354BREohCE na be dw feddwl mae (y)r un oed â fi soCE mae (y)n hen &=laugh .
  IMoh.IM nono.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM ageage.N.M.SG PRTas.CONJ PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM soso.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT oldold.ADJ
  oh no, what I mean is she's my age so she's old
2366BREbe (y)dy perthynas +//?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES relationshiprelation.N.F.SG.[or].relative.N.F.SG
  what's the relation..?
2367BREar_draws bob_dim # be (y)dy berthynas # mamCE IfanCE efo MaggieCE doctorCE ers_talwm ?
  acrossacross.PREP everythingeverything.PRON whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES relationshiprelation.N.F.SG+SM.[or].relative.N.F.SG+SM mothermam.N.SG Ifanname withwith.PREP Maggiename doctordoctor.N.SG in_the_pastfor_some_time.ADV
  across everything, what's the relation between Ifan's mother and Maggie doctor before?
2558BREmae sureCE # be (ba)sen nhw (y)n alw heddiw (y)n sleep_overE ["] de .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES suresure.ADJ whatwhat.INT be.3PL.CONDITbe.V.3P.PLUPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM todaytoday.ADV PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP sleep_overunk TAGbe.IM+SM
  probably what they'd call these days a sleep-over, you know
2649BRE+< <be haru ti> ["] +! ?
  whatwhat.INT bear.NONFINunk PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  what are you doing!?

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