SIARAD - Robert4
Instances of be for speaker KIM

240KIMbe (y)dy o (y)dy mae <mae (y)r> [/] mae (y)r boyCE sy (we)di # invent_ioE+cym (y)r # erCE fath â deathE gamesCE ydyn nhw .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESthat.PRON.REL DETbe.V.3S.PRES boythe.DET.DEF be.PRES.RELboy.N.SG PRT.PASTbe.V.3S.PRES.REL invent.NONFINafter.PREP DETinvent.SV.INFIN IMthe.DET.DEF kinder.IM withtype.N.F.SG+SM deathas.PREP gamesdeath.N.SG be.3PL.PRESunk PRON.3PLbe.V.3P.PRES they.PRON.3P
  what it is is that there's this guy who's invented er, they're like death games
391KIMdw (ddi)m yn gwybod be i gael (i)ddo fo .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM for.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  I don't know what to get him
412KIMgweld be sy (y)na .
  see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL therethere.ADV
  see what's there
515KIMbe wna i ?
  whatwhat.INT do.1S.NONPASTdo.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S
  what shall I do?
528KIM+< ond # mae (y)n sureCE mae (y)n dibynnu be mae (y)r lleill yn ddysgu anywayE hefyd dydy .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT suresure.ADJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT depend.NONFINdepend.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF othersothers.PRON PRTPRT teach.NONFINteach.V.INFIN+SM anywayanyway.ADV alsoalso.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  but it probably depends what the others are teaching anyway also, doesn't it
536KIM+< wellCE dyna be (y)dy o de .
  wellwell.ADV therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S TAGbe.IM+SM
  well, that's it, isn't it
587KIMond # oedd [?] [/] oedd o union (y)r un peth â be oedd o (we)di deud (wr)than ni diwrnod [?] o_blaen doedd # <ti gwybod> [?] .
  butbut.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S exactexact.ADJ DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM thingthing.N.M.SG asas.CONJ.[or].with.PREP.[or].go.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.1PLunk PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P dayday.N.M.SG beforebefore.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN
  but it was exactly the same thing as what he'd told us the day before, wasn't it, you know
675KIMjustCE i roi ni <yn yr> [/] # yn yr erCE # cyfeiriad iawn o [/] # o be dan ni fod i fod yn drafod de .
  justjust.ADV forto.PREP put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM directiondirection.N.M.SG rightOK.ADV ofof.PREP ofhe.PRON.M.3S whatwhat.INT be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM toto.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT discuss.NONFINdiscuss.V.INFIN+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  just to put us in the right direction about what we're supposed to be discussing, you know
742KIMond dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be i wneud dal ar (rha)g ofn i fi fynd lawr .
  butbut.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM hold.NONFINcontinue.V.INFIN onon.PREP fromfrom.PREP fearfear.N.M.SG forto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM downdown.ADV
  but I don't know what to do, hold on in case I go down
802KIM&=laugh (di)m gwybod be oedd hwnna de .
  NEGnot.ADV know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  I don't know what that was, you know
845KIM+" be s(y) gen ti (y)n dy geg ?
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S mouthmouth.N.F.SG+SM
  "what have you got in your mouth?"
906KIMwedyn be oedd o (y)n wneud oedd roi golau fo i_ffwrdd de a dreifio trwy (y)r goedwig .
  thenafterwards.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM lightslight.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S offout.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM andand.CONJ drive.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN throughthrough.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF woodforest.N.F.SG+SM
  so what he'd do was he switched his lights off, right, and drove through the woods

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