Language/Esperanto/Grammar/To-Be-at-the-Present-Tense

To Be at the Present Tense in Esperanto

General form (infinitive) to be

esti

Present tense (-as form)

I am mi estas you are vi estas he is li estas she is ŝi estas it is ĝi estas we are ni estas you are vi estas they are ili estas one is oni estas

Notes

• est’ is the verb root and always appears wherever the verb is used. Does this verb even have a root in English? (am, is, are)

In the above verb display, note:

• ŝi (she) is pronounced exactly like the English "she"
• ĝi (it) is pronounced like the English "gee!", as in "Jeep"
• vi (you) is both singular and plural, like the English "you."

(There is a word "ci", singular, but it is used much as the English singular "thou" - not very often!)

Sources

https://esperanto-afriko.webs.com/kurso%20angle.pdf