SIARAD - Robert3
Instances of be for speaker BTI

5BTIohCE yeahCE be mae (y)n wneud xx ?
  IMoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  oh yes, what's she doing [...]?
144BTIa fath â &hm # <oedd # umCE> [///] <be ddeudodd o> [?] ?
  andand.CONJ kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF IMum.IM whatwhat.INT say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  and like, um what did he say?
203BTIbe (y)dy hwnna ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  what's that?
242BTI+" <be uffar ti wneud> [?] +! ?
  whatwhat.INT hellunk PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  "what the hell are you doing?"
304BTIta be ?
  PRTbe.IM whatwhat.INT
  or what?
369BTIyeahCE be oedd OwenCE yn +//?
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Owenname PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP
  yeah, what was Owen...
451BTIond mae (y)r llall yn # be (y)dy o # garnetCE &=laugh .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF otherother.PRON PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S garnetgarnet.N.SG.[or].carnet.N.SG+SM
  but the other one is, what is it, garnet
522BTIyeahCE be motorbikeCE iawn fel (yn)a # kindE ofE thingE ?
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT motorbikemotorbike.N.SG rightOK.ADV likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV kindkind.N.SG.[or].kind.ADJ ofof.PREP thingthing.N.SG
  yeah, what a real motorbike like that kind of thing?
550BTIyeahCE [?] be o'n i am ddeud ?
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S forfor.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  yeah, what was I going to say?
578BTIdw dal (ddi)m yn gwybod be i gael i pobl Dolig sti neu # be i gael fy hun .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES stillcontinue.V.INFIN NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM forto.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG know.2Syou_know.IM oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S selfself.PRON.SG
  I still don't know what to get people for Christmas, you know, or what to get myself
578BTIdw dal (ddi)m yn gwybod be i gael i pobl Dolig sti neu # be i gael fy hun .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES stillcontinue.V.INFIN NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM forto.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG know.2Syou_know.IM oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM POSS.1Smy.ADJ.POSS.1S selfself.PRON.SG
  I still don't know what to get people for Christmas, you know, or what to get myself
604BTIbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
868BTIbe fath â reflectorE thingE neu (rhy)wbeth # i [/] # i nhw weld chdi ?
  whatwhat.INT kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP reflectorreflector.N.SG thingthing.N.SG oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG toto.PREP toto.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  what like a reflector thing or something for them to see you?
966BTI+" ohCE myE GodE be <uffar sy yn hwn> [=! laughs] ?
  IMoh.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S Godname whatwhat.INT hellunk be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL inPRT.[or].in.PREP thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  "oh my God, what the hell is in this?"
984BTI+" be (y)dy hwn ta ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG thenbe.IM
  what's this then?
993BTI+< ti gwybod # umCE # ohCE be xx Johnson's_Baby_LotionCE iawn yr un pinkCE (y)na ?
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN IMum.IM IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT Johnson''s_Baby_Lotionname rightOK.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM pinkpink.N.SG therethere.ADV
  you know um, oh what [...] Johnson's Baby Lotion, the pink one
1021BTImmmCE # &m cofio xx be wnaeth hi ddeud .
  IMmmm.IM remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  mm remember [...] what she said
1033BTIahCE &=gasp ti gwybod be arall <oedd dadCE fi &x> [///] dw i erioed (we)di gweld dadCE fi (y)n chwerthin gymaint .
  IMah.IM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT otherother.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF daddad.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S nevernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN daddad.N.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRTPRT laugh.NONFINlaugh.V.INFIN so_muchso much.ADJ+SM
  oh, you know what else, my dad...I've never seen my dad laughing so much
1060BTI(ddi)m cofio be oedd hi (y)n canu .
  NEGnot.ADV+SM remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT sing.NONFINsing.V.INFIN
  I don't remember what she was singing

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