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Instances of be for speaker EIF

180EIFbe xxx &=snort .
  whatwhat.INT
  what [...]
205EIFohCE be dach chi wan ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.2p.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM
  oh, what are you now?
251EIF+< be (y)dy +/?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  what's..?
521EIFohCE be xx +//?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT
  oh what [...] ..?
540EIFyeahCE PolykoffCE lle mae umCE be (y)dyn nhw wan umCE +/ .
  yeahyeah.ADV Polykoffname wherewhere.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES IMum.IM whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM IMum.IM
  yeah Polykoff where, um, what are they now, um..?
596EIFoe(dd) hi (y)n ymddiddori (y)n ei theulu neu be ?
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT take_interest.NONFINtake_an interest.V.INFIN inPRT.[or].in.PREP POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S familyfamily.N.M.SG+AM oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  was she taking an interest in her family, or what?
609EIFa mae [/] mae (y)n byw ym MangorCE <meddach chi wan> [?] neu be ?
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP Bangorname say.2PL.NONPASTunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT
  and she lives in Bangor, you say now, or what?
790EIFbe # tu allan i (y)r tŷ <oedd (we)di> [?] digwydd ?
  whatwhat.INT sideside.N.M.SG outout.ADV toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF househouse.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRT.PASTafter.PREP happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN
  what, it was outside the house that this happened?

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