Information about the word be (English → Esperanto: esti)

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/biː/ (stronɡ), /bɪ/ (weak)
Hyphenationbe
Shavian alphabet𐑚𐑰
Deseret alphabet𐐺

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) am(I) was
(thou) art(thou) wast
(he) is(he) was
(we) 100(we) were
(you) 100(you) were
(they) 100(they) were
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) be (I) were
(thou) are(thou)
(he) be(he) were
(we) be(we) were
(you) be(you) were
(they) be(they) were
Imperative mood
be
Participles
Present participlePast participle
beingbeen

Usage samples

Dinosaurs were also reptiles—not fish, birds or mammals.
Matthew Weidner’s a Florida lawyer who set up a small, one‐man practice in 2001 in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
It isn’t your fault.
It’s a stunning example of award‐winning entertainment, created in the UK and loved by millions of fans around the world.
Perhaps he had been hasty.
Do not be at all upset about this!
Ovsjannikova’s current whereabouts are unknown.
The fever was worse.
But, are you not lonely?
How tongues would wag, were it known!
Here I am not embarrassed.
What are the signs?
What harm could be done, if she were extremely careful?
Was she a witch?

Translations

Afrikaanswees
Albanianjam
Catalanésser; estar
Czechbýti
Danishvære
Dutchwezen; zijn
English (Old English)beon; wesan
Esperantoesti
Faeroesevera
Finnisholla
Frenchêtre
Germansein; werden
Greekείναι
Hungarianlenni
Icelandicvera
Jamaican Patoisa
Kabylianili
Latinesse
Low Germanweasen
Luxemburgishsinn
Norwegianvære
Papiamentota
Polishbyć
Portugueseachar‐se; estar; ser
Romanianfi
Russianбыть
Saterland Frisianweze
Scotsbe
Spanishser; estar
Srananna; de
Swahili‐wa
Swedishvara
Thaiคือ; เป็น
Turkisholmak
Welshbod
West Frisianwêze
Yiddishזײַן