| Parte del discorso | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronuncia | /biː/ (stronɡ), /bɪ/ (weak) |
| Sillabazione | be |
| Alfabeto Shavian | 𐑚𐑰 |
| Alfabeto Deseret | 𐐺 |
| Modo indicativo | |
|---|---|
| Presente | Passato |
| (I) am | (I) was |
| (thou) art | (thou) wast |
| (he) is | (he) was |
| (we) am | (we) were |
| (you) am | (you) were |
| (they) am | (they) were |
| Modo congiuntivo | |
| Presente | Passato |
| (I) be | (I) were |
| (thou) am | (thou) was |
| (he) be | (he) were |
| (we) be | (we) were |
| (you) be | (you) were |
| (they) be | (they) were |
| Modo imperativo | |
| be | |
| Participi | |
| Participio presente | Participio passato |
| being | been |
| afrikaans | wees |
|---|---|
| basso‐tedesco | weasen |
| creolo giamaicano | de; a |
| esperanto | esti |
| francese | être |
| frisone di Saterland | weze |
| frisone occidentale | wêze |
| gallese | bod |
| greco | είναι |
| lussemburgese | sinn |
| olandese | zijn; wezen; zitten |
| papiamento | ta |
| spagnolo | estar |
| sranan tongo | de |
| svedese | vara |
| tailandese | อยู่ |
| tedesco | sein |
| yiddish | זײַן |