EL VERBO TO BE
El verbo irregular to be traduce ser ó estar, selección de traducción dependiente del sentido dado a la frase. Juega un rol muy importante en el inglés toda vez que en la contrucción de expresiones y frases marca la diferencia con los demás verbos regulares e irregulares y presta un doble uso, como verbo principal y como verbo auxiliar.
Indicativo :
Formas Con El Verbo To Be | ||
Pre. Af. I am You are He is She is It is We are They are |
Pre. Neg. I am not you are not he is not she is not it is not we are not their are not |
Pre. Int. Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are they? |
Pas. Af. I was You were He was She was It was We were They were |
Pas. Neg. I was not You were not He was not She was not It was not We were not They were not |
Pas. Int. Was I? Were You? Was He was She was It were We were They |
Fut. Af. I Will be You Will be He Will be She Will be It Will be We Will be They Will be |
Fut. Neg. I won't be You won't be He won't be She won't be It won't be We won't be They won't be |
Fut. Int. Will I be Will You be Will He be Will She be Will It be Will We be Will They be |
She is horrible = Ella es horrible
Paul Halpern believes that time travel will be possible in the future = Paul Halpern cree que el viaje a traves del tiempo será posible en el futuro
We are friends = Nosotros somos amigos
One British soldier was killed and three were wounded in an improvised explosive device attack in Fallujah = Un soldado Británico murió y 3 resultaron heridos en un ataque explosivo cometido en Fallujah
She wasn't here yesterday = Ella no estuvo aquí ayer
Bill Gates was late = Bill Gates llegó tarde
El Verbo To Be, Gerundio | ||
I am going to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple You are goint to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple He is  going to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple She is  going to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple It is  going to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple We are going to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple They are going to + algún verbo en su Forma Simple |
We were going to protest today = Nosotros íbamos a protestar hoy
She's going to sing = Ella está llendo a cantar
I'm going to eat now = Yo estoy llendo a comer ahora
UBICACION
La estructura para las frases con to be, usado como verbo principal, en el tiempo simple es :
Para el afirmativo: Sujeto + Verbo principal
Para el negativo: Sujeto + verbo principal + Not
Para el interrogativo: Verbo principal + Sujeto
Para usar to do como verbo auxiliar en las frases, la estructura básica es :
Para las Afirmativas : Sujeto + Verbo Auxiliar + Verbo Principal
Para las negativas : Sujeto + Verbo Auxiliar + Not + Verbo principal
Para las interrogativas : Verbo Auxiliar + Sujeto + Verbo Principal