Contionary:êire
Romissan
Etymology
From Latin sum
Pronunciation
(Romissan) IPA: /'ɛi.ɾe/
Verb
êire
- to be
- (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Inflection
| infinitive | êire /'ɛi.ɾe/ | ||||||
| auxiliary verb | êire | ||||||
| present participle | êndo /'ɛn̪.d̪o/ | ||||||
| past participle | êto /'ɛ.t̪o/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ìo | tu | lìo, lìa | nòso | vòsi | lòri | |
| present | so /so/ |
ei /ei/ |
é /e/ |
somo /'so.mo/ |
êite /'ɛi.t̪e/ |
son /soŋ/ | |
| imperfect | ero /'e.ɾo/ |
eri /'e.ɾi/ |
era /'e.ɾa/ |
erimo /e'ɾi.mo/ |
erite /e'ɾi.t̪e/ |
eran /'e.ɾaŋ/ | |
| preterite1 | fui /fwi/ |
fuiti /'fwi.t̪i/ |
fue /fwe/ |
fuimo /'fwi.mo/ |
fuite /'fwi.t̪e/ |
fuirón /fwi'ɾoŋ/ | |
| future | seró /se'ɾo/ |
seré /se'ɾe/ |
serà /se'ɾa/ |
seramo /se'ɾa.mo/ |
serate /se'ɾa.t̪e/ |
seràn /se'ɾaŋ/ | |
| conditional | serìo /se'ɾi.o/ |
serìe /se'ɾi.e/ |
serìa /se'ɾi.a/ |
serìamo /se'ɾi.a.mo/ |
serìate /se'ɾi.a.t̪e/ |
serìan /se'ɾi.aŋ/ | |
| subjunctive | que ìo (qu'ìo) | que tu | que lìo, que lìa | que nòso | que vòsi | que lòri | |
| present | sia /sja/ |
siamo /'sja.mo/ |
siate /'sja.t̪e/ |
sian /sjaŋ/ | |||
| imperfect1 | fossi /'fo.si/ |
fosse /'fo.se/ |
foesmo /fo'ez.mo/ |
foste /'fos.t̪e/ |
fossen /'fo.seŋ/ | ||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nòso | vòsi | — | |
| — | si /si/ |
— | somo /'so.mo/ |
siate /'sja.t̪e/ |
— | ||
| 1 In less formal writing or speech, the preterite and imperfect subjunctive may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect and present subjunctive tenses respectively. | |||||||