être

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Hear it

verb
  1. to be
  2. to be located; to be situated
  3. to denote time, day, or date
  4. used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect
  5. certain intransitive verbs that indicate movement or a change of statesee the full list
nounmasculine
  1. being, thing, creature
  2. being, the state or fact of existence

Forms

Present

Isuis
youes
he, she, itest
wesommes
you (plural)êtes
theysont

Imperfect

Iétais
youétais
he, she, itétait
weétions
you (plural)étiez
theyétaient

Past historic

Ifus
youfus
he, she, itfut
wefûmes
you (plural)fûtes
theyfurent

Future

Iserai
youseras
he, she, itsera
weserons
you (plural)serez
theyseront

Conditional

Iserais
youserais
he, she, itserait
weserions
you (plural)seriez
theyseraient

Subjunctive

Isois
yousois
he, she, itsoit
wesoyons
you (plural)soyez
theysoient

Imperfect subjunctive

Ifusse
youfusses
he, she, itfût
wefussions
you (plural)fussiez
theyfussent

Imperative

yousois
wesoyons
you (plural)soyez

Other forms

infinitiveêtre
past participleété
gerundétant

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