The verb 'to be' – Name

Pe această pagină, vom învăţa să conjugăm verbul to be - a fi la persoanele
I-a, a II-a şi a II-a, singular şi plural, afirmativ, interogativ şi negativ.

Începem cu afirmativul.

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Affirmative	Singular	Plural
1st person	I am Jeremy.	We are Jeremy and Clara.
2nd person	You are Ruby.	You are Ruby and Brian.
3rd person	He is Freddie. She is Mary. It is Jinxy.	They are Freddie, Mary and Jinxy.

Continuăm cu interogativul.

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Interrogative	Singular	Plural
1st person	Am I Jeremy?	Are we Jeremy and Clara?
2nd person	Are you Ruby?	Are you Ruby and Brian?
3rd person	Is he Freddie? Is she Mary? Is it Jinxy?	Are they Freddie, Mary and Jinxy?

Şi încheiem cu negativul.

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Negative	Singular	Plural
1st person	I am not Jeremy.	We are not Jeremy and Clara.
2nd person	You are not Ruby.	You are not Ruby and Brian.
3rd person	He is not Freddie. She is not Mary. It is not Jinxy.	They are not Freddie, Mary and Jinxy.

The verb 'to be' – Nationality

Acum vom afirma, solicita și nega naţionalitatea.

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	Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative
1st person Singular	I am Romanian.	Am I Romanian?	I am not Romanian.
2nd person Singular	You are Austrian.	Are you Austrian?	You are not Austrian.
3rd person Singular	He is French. She is German. It is Spanish.	Is he French? Is she German? Is it Spanish?	He is not French. She is not German. It is not Spanish.
1st person Plural	We are English.	Are we English?	We are not English.
2nd person Plural	You are American.	Are you American?	You are not American.
3rd person Plural	They are Japanese.	Are they Japanese?	They are not Japanese.

Observăm că:

• La afirmativ, ordinea elementelor în propoziţie este:
  Subiect (I) + Verb Copulativ (am) + Nume Predicativ (Jeremy / Romanian).


• La interogativ, Subiectul şi Verbul se inversează.
  Am I Jeremy? / Am I Romanian?


• La negativ, după Subiect şi Verb, apare not.
  I am not Jeremy. / I am not Romanian.

Schematic:

• Afirmativ: Subiect + Verb + (...)
• Interogativ: Verb + Subiect + (...) + ?
• Negativ: Subiect + Verb + not + (...)

Atenţie! În limba engleză, propozițiile nu sunt niciodată eliptice de subiect. Cu alte cuvinte, nu putem omite subiectul, așa cum facem în limba română. Vom spune întotdeauna I am Romanian, chiar dacă în limba română putem spune doar Sunt român (fără Eu).

Short answers

În continuare, vom răspunde la întrebările referitoare la naţionalitate prin răspunsuri scurte. Răspunsul scurt se diferenţiază de cel lung prin faptul că nu reia întreaga propoziţie.

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	Question	Yes	No
1st person Singular	Am I Romanian?	Yes, I am.	No, I am not.
2nd person Singular	Are you Austrian?	Yes, you are.	No, you are not.
3rd person Singular	Is he French? Is she German? Is it Spanish?	Yes, he is. Yes, she is. Yes, it is.	No, he is not. No, she is not. No, it is not.
1st person Plural	Are we English?	Yes, we are.	No, we are not.
2nd person Plural	Are you American?	Yes, you are.	No, you are not.
3rd person Plural	Are they Japanese?	Yes, they are.	No, they are not.

Surprise!

Pentru răspunsul scurt negativ, putem folosi prescurtări foarte utile în exprimarea curentă. Astfel:

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Am I Romanian? → No, I'm not.
Are you Austrian? → No, you're not. sau No, you aren't.
Is he French? → No, he's not. sau No, he isn't.
Is she German? → No, she's not. sau No, she isn't.
Is it Spanish? → No, it's not. sau No, it isn't.
Are we English? → No, we're not. sau No, we aren't.
Are you American? → No, you're not. sau No, you aren't.
Are they Japanese? → No, they're not. sau No, they aren't.

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