El verbo to be es uno de lo más utilizados en el idioma inglés y por ello es uno de los más importantes por lo que es necesario que lo aprendas muy bien, el saber utilizarlo correctamente definitivamente te ayudará a comunicarte, así que toma tu tiempo para estudiarlo y sobre todo a memorizar su conjugación.
El verbo to be, cómo utilizarlo y su conugación
Comenzaremos esta lección del verbo to be con una tabla que te muestra la conjugación de este verbo en todos sus tiempos verbales:
| INDICATIVE | Preterite | Present continuous |
| Present | I was | I am being |
| I am | you were | you are being |
| you are | he/ she/ it was | he/ she/ it is being |
| he/ she/ it is | we were | we are being |
| we are | you were | you are being |
| you are | they were | they are being |
| they are | ||
| Present perfect | Future | Future perfect |
| I have been | I will be | I will have been |
| you have been | you will be | you will have been |
| he/ she/ it has been | he/she/it will be | he/ she/ it will have been |
| we have been | we will be | we will have been |
| you have been | you will be | you will have been |
| they have been | they will be | they will have been |
| Past continuous | Past perfect | Future continuous |
| I was being | I had been | I will be being |
| you were being | you had been | you will be being |
| he/ she/ it was being | he/ she/ it had been | he/ she/ it will be being |
| we were being | we had been | we will be being |
| you were being | you had been | you will be being |
| they were being | they had been | they will be being |
| Present perfect continuous | Past perfect continuous | Future perfect continuous |
| I have been being | I had been being | I will have been being |
| you have been being | you had been being | you will have been being |
| he/ she/ it has been being | he/ she/It had been being | he/ she/ it will have been being |
| we have been being | we had b een being | we will have been being |
| you have been being | you had been being | you will have been being |
| they have been being | they had been being | they will have been being |
| IMPERATIVE | PARTICIPLE | Past |
| Be | Present | been |
| let’s be | being | |
| Be | ||
| INFINITIVE | PERFECT PARTICIPLE | |
| to be | having been |
Esta tabla debes estudiarla muy bien ues te ayudará a formar oraciones de manera correcta y coherente, además de esta tabla, es importante que tengas presente que el verbo “To be”, se cambia dependiendo del objeto o persaona que se este hablando y cambia de la siguiente manera:
- I am – yo soy / estoy
- you are – tú eres / estás
- he / she / it is – él / ella / eso es / está
- we are – nosotros somos / estamos
- you are – vosotros sois/estáis
- they are – ellos son / están
También debes tomar en consideración que en el inglés se estila mucho el uso de las contracciones, es decir unen dos palabras para hablar de una manera más rápida, practica y fluida, esto se llama “Short form” o “Contraction” y a continuación veremos algunos ejemplos:
- I am – I’m
- you are – you’re
- he / she / it is – he’s / she’s / it’s
- we are – we’re
- they are – they’re
Por supuesto que no podemos dejar de presentarte algunas frases en donde se puede observar cómo se usa el verbo to be, así que presta atención a las siguientes oraciones:
How are you? – Cómo estás?
Not bad, thanks – No mal, gracias
I’m not great – No muy bien
How about you? – Y tú?
I am not bad – No estoy mal/No soy mala/No se me da mal
He is José – Él es José
We are 35 – Tenemos 35 años
I am happy – Soy feliz
We are tired – Estamos cansados
He is a bit stressed – Él está un poco estresado
Ten presente que la conjugación de los verbos en general es un asecto de mucha importancia y el verbo to be es solo el comienzo, así que estudia los más importantes o utilizados y ya llevaras una gran ventaja en el idioma. Para finalizar no podemos dejar de presentarte un vídeo para que practiques todo lo que necesitas saber sobre este verbo, así que no dejes de verlo:
