English

Etymology

Germanic origin, cognate with German ist. Not etymologically related to the word be.

Verb

is

1. Third-person singular present tense (sometimes past tense and conditional tense) of to be.

   He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.

   Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.

Translations

• Bulgarian: е
• Catalan: és , sigui , estàs , estès
• Chinese: 是 (shì)
• Dutch: is
• Esperanto: estas
• Finnish: on
• French: est
• Frisian: is
• German: ist
• Greek: είναι
• Hindi: है (hai)
• Italian: è , sta
• Irish: tá
• Latin: est
• Persian: اَست (æst)
• Polish: jest
• Romanian: este
• Russian: есть

  je

• Spanish: es, está
• Swedish: är
• Turkish: var
• Urdu: ہے (he)
• Vietnamese: là (when followed by a predicate nominative; not translated when followed by a predicate adjective)

See also

• am
• are
• be
• being
• been
• was
• wast
• were
• wert

Dutch

Verb

is

1. is (third-person singular present tense of zijn, to be)

Latin

Verb

is

1. (You) go, (thou) goest (second-person singular indicative of eo, ire, to go)

Personal pronoun

is m; (f ea, n id, plural ei)

1. He (third-person singular personal pronoun).

Declension

Irregular: similar to first and second declensions, except for singular genitives ending in "-ius" and singular datives ending in "-ī".

Swedish

Noun

is

1. ice