transitive
irregular
| Verb الفعل | Pronoun الضمير |
|---|---|
| is | He/She/It |
| I | |
| They/We/You |
| Verb | Form |
|---|---|
| is | Present Simple |
| was | Past Simple |
| been | Past Participle |
| being | Present Participle |
| To be | Infinitive |
she/he/it + is
she/he/it + is + verb+ing
She/he/it + has + been + verb+ing
Subj. + was
she/he/it + was + verb+ing
Subj. + had + been + verb+ing
She/he/it + is + going to + infinitive verb
Subj. + will be + verb+ing
Subj. + will have been + verb+ing
He is so confident.
واثقٌ من نفسه جداً.
She was worried about her child.
كانت قلقة بشأن طفلها.
The patient is ready for the medical exam.
المريضُ جاهزٌ للفحص الطبي.
It is so dark in here.
الجو مظلمٌ جداً هنا.
How was she supposed to know if you didn't tell her?
كيف كان من المفترض أن تعرف إن لم تخبرها؟
The teacher is very angry, it is obvious.
المعلمُ غاضبٌ جداً، هذا واضح!
I was doing my homework when the police knocked on the door.
كنتُ أحلّ واجبي المدرسيّ عندما طرقت الشّرطة الباب.
My mother is my hero.
أمي هي بطلتي.
He was searching everywhere but still has not found anything.
بحثَ في كلّ مكان لكن حتى الآن لم يجد أي شيء.
My dog has been lost for 3 days.
كلبي مفقودٌ منذ ثلاثة أيام.
third person singular present indicative of be, Old English is, from Germanic stem *es- (source also of Old High German, German, Gothic ist, Old Norse es, er), from PIE *es-ti- (source also of Sanskrit asti, Greek esti, Latin est, Lithuanian esti, Old Church Slavonic jesti), third person singular form of root *es- "to be." Old English lost the final -t-.
Until 1500s, pronounced to rhyme with kiss. Dialectal use for all persons (I is) is in Chaucer. Phrase it is what it is, indicating resigned acceptance of an unpleasant but inevitable situation or circumstance about which nothing truly positive can be said, is attested by 2001.
