Synonyms: a, na
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Afrikaans | wees |
|---|---|
| Albanian | jam |
| Catalan | ésser; estar; haver‐hi; ser |
| Czech | být; býti |
| Danish | være |
| Dutch | wezen; zijn |
| English | be |
| English (Old English) | beon; wesan |
| Esperanto | esti |
| Faeroese | vera |
| Finnish | olla |
| French | être |
| German | sein; werden |
| Greek | είναι |
| Hungarian | lenni |
| Icelandic | vera |
| Jamaican Patois | a |
| Kabylian | ili |
| Latin | esse |
| Low German | weasen |
| Luxemburgish | sinn |
| Norwegian | være |
| Papiamento | ta |
| Polish | być |
| Portuguese | achar‐se; estar; existir; ser |
| Romanian | fi |
| Russian | быть |
| Saterland Frisian | wäide; weze |
| Scots | be |
| Spanish | ser; estar |
| Swahili | ‐wa |
| Swedish | vara |
| Thai | คือ; ใช่; เป็น |
| Turkish | olmak |
| Welsh | bod |
| West Frisian | wêze |
| Yiddish | זײַן |