U engleskom jeziku, kao i u srpskom, glagol "biti" ima svoje oblike za sadašnje vreme i ponaša se drugačije od ostalih glagola. U srpskom jeziku nećete reći "Ja biti Petar.", već morate da upotrebite odgovarajući oblik za dato lice. Ako pogledate tabelu ispod, videćete da glagol "biti" u prezentu u engleskom jeziku ima samo tri oblika, a to su am, is i are. U narednoj tabeli možete da vidite kako se glagol "to be " menja kroz lica.
To Be - Potvrdni oblik
Subjekat |
To Be |
Primer |
I |
am |
I am from Germany. |
You |
are</span > |
You are Chinese. |
He |
is |
He is twenty years old. |
She |
is |
She is a nurse. |
It |
is |
It is a black dog. |
We |
are |
We are intelligent. |
You |
are |
You are students. |
They |
are |
They are married. |
To Be - Skraćeni oblici
Skraćeni oblici glagola "to be" su vrlo učestali, posebno u govoru. Pogledaćemo to kroz primere:
To Be |
Skraćenica |
Primer |
I am |
I'm |
I'm from Germany. |
You are |
You're |
You're Chinese. |
He is |
He's |
He's twenty years old. |
She is |
She's |
She's a nurse. |
It is |
It's |
It's a black dog. |
We are |
We're |
We're intelligent. |
You are |
You're |
You're students. |
They are |
They're |
They're married. |
To Be - Odrični oblik
Odrični oblik se gradi tako što se na "
am, is, are" doda rečca "
not", što se da videti u sledećim primerima:
Subjekat |
To Be |
Primer |
I |
am not |
I am not from Spain. |
You |
are not |
You are not Australian. |
He |
is not |
He is not thirty years old. |
She |
is not |
She is not a secretary. |
It |
is not |
It is not a white cat. |
We |
are not |
We are not stupid. |
You |
are not |
You are not teachers. |
They |
are not |
They are not single. |
To Be - Odrične skraćenice
Postoje dva načina građenja skraćenica u odričnim rečenicama. Jedan način je da spojimo subjekat I glagol (npr. You
are not =
You're not), a drugi način je da spojimo glagol I rečcu "not" (npr. You
are not = You
aren't). Kao u primerima:
Subjekat + glagol |
ili |
Glagol + rečca |
I'm not from Spain. |
/ |
NEMA |
You're not Australian. |
/ |
You aren't Australian. |
He's not thirty years old. |
/ |
He isn't thirty years old. |
She's not ta secretary. |
/ |
She isn't a secretary. |
It's not a white cat. |
It's |
It isn't a white cat. |
We're not stupid. |
/ |
We aren't stupid. |
You're not teachers. |
/ |
You aren't teachers. |
They're not single. |
/ |
They aren't single. |
Vidimo da je jedini mogući skraćeni oblik za "I
am not" upravo "
I'm not" tj. da je oblik "I
amn't" nemoguć, odnosno neispravan.
To Be - Upitni oblik
Upitni oblik se gradi inverzijom subjekta I predikata, odnosno njihovom zamenom mesta. Da bismo napravili pitanje sa glagolom "to be" moramo prvo upotrebiti glagol, pa tek onda subjekat.
Potvrdni oblik -
You are happy.
U ovoj rečenici
you je subjekat, a
are je predikat. Zamenom njihovih mesta dobijamo:
Upitni oblik -
Are you happy?
U narednoj tabeli možemo da vidimo glagol "to be" u upitnim oblicima.
Potvrdni oblik |
Upitni oblik |
I am intelligent. |
Am I intelligent? |
You are a student. |
Are you a student? |
He is a pilot. |
Is he a pilot? |
She is from Spain. |
Is she from Spain? |
It is a big house. |
Is it a big house? |
We are ready. |
Are we ready? |
You are doctors. |
Are you doctors? |
They are rich. |
Are they rich? |