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 |
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I | am | I am from Germany. |
You | are | 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 |
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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 |
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I | amnot | I amnot from Spain. |
You | arenot | You arenot Australian. |
He | isnot | He isnot thirty years old. |
She | isnot | She isnot a secretary. |
It | isnot | It isnot a white cat. |
We | arenot | We arenot stupid. |
You | arenot | You arenot teachers. |
They | arenot | They arenot single. |
To Be - Odrične skraćenice
Postoje dva načina građenja skraćenica u odričnim rečenicama. Jedan način je da spojimo subjekat I glagol (npr. You
arenot =
You'renot), a drugi način je da spojimo glagol I rečcu "not" (npr. You
arenot = You
aren't). Kao u primerima:
Subjekat + glagol | ili | Glagol + rečca |
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I'mnot from Spain. | / | NEMA |
You'renot Australian. | / | You aren't Australian. |
He'snot thirty years old. | / | He isn't thirty years old. |
She'snot ta secretary. | / | She isn't a secretary. |
It'snot a white cat. | It's | It isn't a white cat. |
We'renot stupid. | / | We aren't stupid. |
You'renot teachers. | / | You aren't teachers. |
They'renot single. | / | They aren't single. |
Vidimo da je jedini mogući skraćeni oblik za "I
amnot" upravo "
I'mnot" 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 |
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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? |