be

Anglès

• Pronúncia: /biː/

• àudio (RU) (?)
• àudio (EUA) (?)

• Homòfons: bee

Verb

Accepcions

to be

1. ser
2. estar
3. existir

Nota d'ús

• To be té vuit formes:

1. be = infinitiu, subjuntiu de present, imperatiu

   I want to be taller. (Vull ser més alt.)

   He asks that she not be impatient. (Ell pregunta que ella no sigui impacient.)

   Don't be sad. (No estigues trist.)

2. am = primera persona singular indicatiu de present

   I am sick. (Estic malalt.)

3. is = tercera persona singular indicatiu de present

   My brother is a guitarist. (El meu germà és guitarrista.)

4. are = segona persona singular i plural indicatiu de present, tercera persona plural indicatiu de present

   You are a good friend. (Ets bon amic.)

   You are good neighbours. (Sou veïns bons.)

   They are members of the team. (Són membres del equip.)

5. was = primera persona singular indicatiu de passat, tercera persona singular indicatiu de passat, i informalment, subjuntiu de passat

   I was a doctor in Poland. (Estava metge a Polònia.)

   She was my grandmother. (Era la meva àvia.)

   If I was a bird, I would fly to Hawaii. [considerat informal o incorrecte] (Si jo fos un ocell, volaria a Hawaii.)

6. were = primera persona plural indicatiu de passat, segona persona singular i plural indicatiu de passat, tercera persona plural de passat, subjuntiu de passat

   We were at the supermarket. (Estàvem al supermercat.)

   You were tired after the marathon. (Estaves cansat [o estaven cansats] després del marató.)

   They were going to go to the circus. (Anaven a anar al circ.)

   If she were here, she would help us. (Si estigui aquí, ens ajudaria.)

7. being = gerundi

   I like being a lawyer. (M'agrada ser advocat.)

8. been = participi passat

   We have always been vegetarians. (Sempre hem sigut vegetarians.)