SIARAD - Roberts4
Instances of be for speaker MEC

102MECsoCE dw (ddi)m gwybod be wnaeth ddigwydd .
  soso.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN+SM
  so I don't know what happened
374MECbe ti am wneud Pasg ?
  whatwhat.INT PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S forfor.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM Eastername
  what are you going to do over Easter?
424MECbe ar y bankCE ?
  whatwhat.INT onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF bankbank.N.SG
  what, on the bank
471MECbe (y)dy enw lôn (y)na ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES namename.N.M.SG roadunk therethere.ADV
  what's the name of that road?
620MECbe (y)dyn nhw ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  what are they?
715MECfan (y)na mae umCE # &b be (y)dy xx CharlieCE &brʊ [/] BrooksCE honna oedd yn arfer actio JanineCE yn byw .
  placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM therethere.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Charliename Brooksname thatthat.PRON.DEM.F.SG.[or].claim.V.2S.IMPER.[or].claim.V.3S.PRES be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT use.NONFINuse.V.INFIN act.NONFINact.V.INFIN Janinename PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN
  that's where, um, what's [...], Charlie Brooks, her who used to act Janine, lives
763MECumCE ## <be oedd> [//] be o'n isio ddeud ?
  IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF wantwant.N.M.SG say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  um, what was...what did I want to say?
763MECumCE ## <be oedd> [//] be o'n isio ddeud ?
  IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF wantwant.N.M.SG say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM
  um, what was...what did I want to say?
877MECo'n i am mynd i # cinemaCE wsnos dwytha i weld umCE # <be (y)dy> [?] [//] be oedd enw o # DeCE [/] # DerailedCE neu rywbeth .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S forfor.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP cinemacinema.N.SG weekweek.N.F.SG previouslast.ADJ toto.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMfrom.PREP Dename Derailedname oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM
  I was going to go to the cinema last week to see, um, what's...what was it called, De...Derailed or something
877MECo'n i am mynd i # cinemaCE wsnos dwytha i weld umCE # <be (y)dy> [?] [//] be oedd enw o # DeCE [/] # DerailedCE neu rywbeth .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S forfor.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP cinemacinema.N.SG weekweek.N.F.SG previouslast.ADJ toto.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMfrom.PREP Dename Derailedname oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM
  I was going to go to the cinema last week to see, um, what's...what was it called, De...Derailed or something
902MECdw (ddi)m yn cofio be oedd filmCE dwytha .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF filmfilm.N.SG previouslast.ADJ
  I don't remember what the last film was
943MECo'n i (y)n gwybod be oedd yn mynd i ddigwydd .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRTPRT go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN+SM
  I knew what was going to happen
1020MECwnaeth [/] wnaeth hi (ddi)m # dangos bod oedd hi gwybod be o'n i siarad xx anywayE ond +.. .
  do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM show.NONFINshow.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN anywayanyway.ADV butbut.CONJ
  she didn't show that she know what I was talking [...] anyway but...
1108MECxxx # be (y)dy shiftsCE chdi ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES shiftsshift.SV.INFIN+PL PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S
  [...] what are your shifts?
1212MECo'n [/] # o'n [/] o'n i (ddi)m yn sureCE o rei o nhw # be i roid .
  be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT suresure.ADJ ofof.PREP somesome.PRON+SM ofof.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P whatwhat.INT toto.PREP put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN+SM
  I...I...I wasn't sure about some of them, what to put

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