Aprende el Verbo To Be
El verbo To be es muy importante en inglés. Equivale a los verbos españoles ser y "estar". Según el sentido de la frase sabremos a cual de los dos se refiere. Ejemplos:
En la siguiente Tabla se muestra la conjugación de los tiempos simples del verbo To Be con el significado de Ser.
Pulsando sobre los verbos puedes escuchar su pronunciación
Tiempos Simples del Verbo TO BE
| Infinitive | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| To be (ser) | Was (era, fui) | Been (sido) |
| Present Simple | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I am (yo soy) | I am not (yo no soy) | am I? (¿soy yo?) |
| you are (tú eres) | you are not (tú no eres) | are you? (¿eres tú?) |
| * he is (él es) | he is not (él no es) | is he? (¿es él?) |
| we are (somos) | we are not (no somos) | are we? (¿somos?) |
| you are (sois) | you are not (no sois) | are you? (¿sois?) |
| they are (son) | they are not (no son) | are they? (¿son?) |
| Past Simple ** | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I was (yo era) | I was not (yo no era) | was I? (¿era yo?) |
| you were (tú eras) | you were not (tú no eras) | were you? (¿eras tú?) |
| * he was (él era) | he was not (él no era) | was he? (¿era él?) |
| we were (éramos) | we were not (no éramos) | were we? (¿éramos?) |
| you were (erais) | you were not (no erais) | were you? (¿erais?) |
| they were (eran) | they were not (no eran) | were they? (¿eran?) |
| * El pronombre de la 3ª persona del singular, figura en masculino he,
pero el verbo tiene la misma forma para el femenino she o el impersonal it. ** El Past Simple además de corresponder al Pretérito Imperfecto español (yo era), también se corresponde con el Pretérito Perfecto Simple o Pretérito Indefinido: yo fui, tú fuiste, él fue, nosotros fuimos, vosotros fuisteis, ellos fueron. | ||
En la conversación se suelen contraer las formas verbales, pero no se usan de forma escrita salvo que el escrito tenga un carácter informal o refleje una conversación.
Las formas afirmativa y negativa del Presente, se pueden contraer, mientras que la forma interrogativa no. En el Pretérito sólo se contrae la forma negativa.
Formas que se pueden contraer
| Present Simple | Past Simple | ||||
| Affirmative | Negative * | Negative | |||
| I am | I'm | I am not | I'm not | I was not | I wasn't |
| you are | you're | you are not | you're not | you were not | you weren't |
| he is | he's | he is not | he's not | he was not | he wasn't |
| we are | we're | we are not | we're not | we were not | we weren't |
| you are | you're | you are not | you're not | you were not | you weren't |
| they are | they're | they are not | they're not | they were not | they weren't |
| * La forma negativa del Present Simple, también admite las siguientes contracciones: you aren't, he isn't, we aren't, they aren't. | |||||
El verbo To be también se emplea con otros significados distintos a los equivalentes españoles de ser o estar.
