| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Afrikaans | wees |
|---|---|
| Dutch | wezen; zijn; zitten |
| English | be |
| Esperanto | esti |
| French | être |
| German | sein |
| Greek | είναι |
| Jamaican Patois | de; a |
| Low German | weasen |
| Papiamento | ta |
| Saterland Frisian | weze |
| Spanish | estar |
| Sranan | de |
| Swedish | vara |
| Thai | อยู่ |
| Welsh | bod |
| West Frisian | wêze |
| Yiddish | זײַן |