Sunday, December 02, 2012

The verb that changes so much!

Can you guess which verb changes so much in various situation in English?

Yes it is 'verb to be'!

In present tense, I (am), You (are), He/She/It (is), We/They (are).
In past tense, I (was), You (were), He/She/It (was), We/They (were).
In future tense, I (shall be), You (will be), He/She/It (will be), We/They (shall be).

In German, similar things happen to 'sein'.

In present tense, Ich (bin), You (bist), He/She/It (ist), We/They (sind).
In past tense, I (war), You (warst), He/She/It (war), We/They (waren).
In future tense, I (wurde sein), You (wirst sein), He/She/It (wird sein), We/They (werden sein).

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