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) werest
(he) is(he) was
(we) am(we) were
(you) am(you) were
(they) am(they) were
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) be (I) were
(thou) am(thou) was
(he) be(he) were
(we) be(we) were
(you) be(you) were
(they) be(they) were
Imperative mood
be
Participles
Present participlePast participle
beingbeen

Translations

Afrikaanswees
Dutchwezen; zijn
Esperantoesti
Germansein