To be
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The to be verb is an important verb in English language. We use it to mean the status or characteristics of something or of a person. Some languages, for example Portuguese and Spanish, have two different verbs for the two meanings of this verb. Other languages, for example Arabic and Chinese, do not have any form of this verb.
[edit] Conjugation
| Infinitive: to be
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Imperative: be
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Present participle: being
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Past participle: been
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| Present indicative | Past indicative | Present subjunctive | Past subjunctive | |
| First-person singular (I) | am | was | be | were |
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| Second-person singular (you) | are | were | be | were |
| Third-person singular (he, she, it) | is | was | be | were |
| First-person plural (we) | are | were | be | were |
| Second-person plural (you) | are | were | be | were |
| Third-person plural (they) | are | were | be | were |
