Be

Avertissement: cette page est destiné à un analyse grammatical du mot "be" :P

Forms

• dictionary form (bare infinitive): be
• present tense: are (1p, 2s/p, 3p), is (3s), am (1s)
• past tense: was (1s, 3s), were (1p, 2s/p, 3p)

• present participle: being
• past participle: been

Major Uses

• copula: syntax

En semantique on parlerait plutôt de l'attribution on parlerait de sa fonction, qui est souvent de lié un sujet à un attribut, un ensemble (ou l'invers)...

1. It's a worktool. (N)
2. A worktool, is it?
3. The door is open. (Adj)
4. He is swimming. (present participle)
5. Is Raymond in? (Particle)
6. Sylvie is divorced. (past participle)
7. Mark isn't. (negation) (VP ellipsis)
8. These ideas aren't mine. (le sujet parlant est objet grammatical)