they were very poor
they be very poor
pro:sub cop adv adj
they were very poor .
ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː WORD_BOUNDARY v ɛ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY p ʊ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY
t h e y WORD_BOUNDARY w e r e WORD_BOUNDARY v e r y WORD_BOUNDARY p o o r WORD_BOUNDARY