Translation
to be
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Examples
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I am a person.
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She was there.
?
Will you be with us?
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That is not the truth.
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He wants to be a good gentleman.
The verb every other language makes irregular is, in Esperanto, exactly as regular as the rest: for the present, for the past, for the future, for the conditional, for the imperative, for the infinitive. One form per tense, the same for every person, so , and all look identical. The one real trap is the accusative: what follows is a complement, not an object, so it never takes -n. Write , never .
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Word family
Words built on esti with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
Used in
Stories
(11)La letero
1 min read 路 Core 1000
Kiom da homoj?
1 min read 路 Core 1000
La unua tago
1 min read 路 Core 1000
Cent homoj
1 min read 路 Core 1000
Vido al la maro
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Nia gasto
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Kiel mi scios, kiu estas vi?
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Salutojn el la kongreso
2 min read 路 Core 1000
La ru臐a ganto
2 min read 路 Core 1000
Poste estis trinkata teo
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Mil vortoj
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Grammar articles
(9)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
Esperanto Compound Tenses: esti + Participle, and When
Esperanto Impersonal Sentences: oni, pluvas, estas varme
Esperanto Grammar on One Page: All 16 Rules
Esperanto Nouns and Adjectives: -o, -a and Agreement
Esperanto Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta and What They Do
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Esperanto Verb Tenses and Conjugation: -as, -is, -os
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and anka怒
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esti: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "esti" (to be): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 3: Your first ten words.