biti

verbimperfectiveA1
EN

to be

ES

ser, estar

Forms

present
jasam
tisi
onje
mismo
viste
onisu
participle
mbio
fbila
nbilo

Examples

Ja sam Ana.

I am Ana.

Yo soy Ana.

Gdje si?

Where are you?

¿Dónde estás?

Note

Formas cortas (sam, si, je…), largas (jesam…) y negativas (nisam…).

Other forms

The ones that appear in the course.

  • supluralwere
  • smopluralbe
  • bionominativo singularwas
  • cešwill
  • samam
  • siare
  • bihwould
  • bilepluralwere
  • nijeis not/was not
  • nisamI haven't
  • bilawas
  • bilonominativo singularwas
  • jesingularis
  • budupluralare
  • jesam
  • jesi
  • jest
  • jesmo
  • jeste
  • jesu
  • nisi
  • nismo
  • niste
  • nisu
  • bipluralwould (conditional auxiliary)
  • ćui
Full conjugationPresent, past and future, with examples and an explanation.

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