EL VERBO TO BE

El verbo To be es muy importante en ingls. Equivale a los verbos espaolesser y "estar". Segn el sentido de la frase sabremos a cual de los dos se refiere. Ejemplos: I am Spanish = Soy espaol I am in Spain = Estoy en Espaa En la siguiente Tabla se muestra la conjugacin de los tiempos simples del verbo To Be con el significado de Ser. Tiempos Simples del Verbo TO BE Past Participle Was (era, fui) Been (sido) PRESENT SIMPLE Negative Interrogative I am not (yo no soy) am I? (soy yo?) you are not (t no eres) are you? (eres t?) he is not (l no es) is he? (es l?) we are not (no somos) are we? (somos?) you are not (no sois) are you? (sois?) they are not (no son) are they? (son?) PAST SIMPLE ** Negative Interrogative I was not (yo no era) was I? (era yo?) you were not (t no eras) were you? (eras t?) he was not (l no era) was he? (era l?) we were not (no ramos) were we? (ramos?) you were not (no erais) were you? (erais?) they were not (no eran) were they? (eran?)

Infinitive To be (ser) Affirmative I am (yo soy) you are (t eres) * he is (l es) we are (somos) you are (sois) they are (son) Affirmative I was (yo era) you were (t eras) * he was (l era) we were (ramos) you were (erais) they were (eran)

* El pronombre de la 3 persona del singular, figura en masculino he, pero el verbo tiene la misma forma para el femenino she o el impersonal it.

CONTRACCIONES tambin se corresponde con el Pretrito Perfecto Simple o Pretrito Indefinido: yo se fui,suelen t fuiste, l fue, nosotros fuimos, vosotros fuisteis, ellos fueron. En la conversacin contraer las formas verbales, pero no se usan de forma escrita salvo que el escrito tenga un carcter informal o refleje una conversacin. Las formas afirmativa y negativa del Presente, se pueden contraer, mientras que la forma interrogativa no. En el Pretrito slo 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, tambin admite las siguientes contracciones: you aren't, he isn't, we aren't, they aren't.

** El Past Simple adems de corresponder al Pretrito Imperfecto espaol (yo era),

El verbo To be tambin se emplea con otros significados distintos a los equivalentes espaoles de ser o estar. Para hablar sobre el tiempo atmosfrico, con el significado de hacer: It is very hot (it's very hot) = Hace mucho calor Para hablar de la edad, con el significado de tener: Peter is 12 years old = Pedro tiene 12 aos Para hablar sobre las sensaciones, con el significado de tener: She was hungry = Ella tena hambre.