Forms of The Verb 'Be' and Its Conjugation

Conjugation of The Verb 'Be' (Finite Forms)
		Indicative Mood		Subjunctive Mood		Imperative Mood
Tense	Person	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.	sing.	pl.
Present	1st	I am	we are	I be	we be	be
	2nd	thou art⁽¹⁾	ye⁽²⁾ are	thou be / beest⁽³⁾	ye be
	2nd	you are	you are	you be	you be
	3rd	he/she/it is	they are	he/she/it be	they be
Past	1st	I was	we were	I were	we were
	2nd	thou wast	ye were	thou wert	ye were
	2nd	you were	you were	you were	you were
	3rd	he/she/it was	they were	he/she/it were	they were
Non-Finite Forms of The Verb 'Be'
Infinitive		(to) be
'-ing' form		being
Participle II		been

Aspect Forms of The Verb 'Be' in The Present Tense
		Aspect
Number	Person	Indefinite	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
sing.	1st	I am	I am being	I have been	I have been being
	2nd	thou art	thou art being	thou hast been	thou hast been being
	2nd	you are	you are being	you have been	you have been being
	3rd	he is	he is being	he has been	he has been being
		she is	she is being	she has been	she has been being
		it is	it is being	it has been	it has been being
pl.	1st	we are	we are being	we have been	we have been being
	2nd	you are	you are being	you have been	you have been being
	3rd	they are	they are being	they have been	they have been being
Aspect forms of the verb 'Be' in the past tense
sing.	1st	I was	I was being	I had been	I had been being
	2nd	thou wast	thou wast being	thou hadst been	thou hadst been being
	2nd	you were	you were being	you had been	you had been being
	3rd	he was	he was being	he had been	he had been being
		she was	she was being	she had been	she had been being
		it was	it was being	it had been	it had been being
pl.	1st	we were	we were being	we had been	we had been being
	2nd	you were	you were being	you had been	you had been being
	3rd	they were	they were being	they had been	they had been being

Negative and Interrogative Forms of The Verb 'Be' in The Indefinite Aspect of The Present Tense
Number	Person	'to be (at) home'
Number	Person	Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative	Negative Interrogative
sing.	1st	I am home.	Am I home?	I am not* home.*	Am I not* home?*
	2nd	Thou art* home.*	Art thou home?	Thou art not* home.*	Art Thou not home?
	2nd	You are* home.*	Are you home?	You are not* home.*	Are you not home?
	3rd	He is home.	Is he home?	He is not* home.*	Is he not* home?*
		She is home.	Is she home?	She is not* home.*	Is she not* home?*
		It is home.	Is it home?	It is not* home.*	Is it not* home?*
pl.	1st	We are* home.*	Are we home?	We are not* home.*	Are we not home?
	2nd	You are* home.*	Are you home?	You are not* home.*	Are you not home?
	3rd	They are* home.*	Are they home?	They are not* home.*	Are they not home?

Negative and Interrogative Forms of The Verb 'Be' in The Indefinite Aspect of The Past Tense
Number	Person	'to be (at) home'
Number	Person	Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative	Negative Interrogative
sing.	1st	I was* home.*	Was I home?	I was not* home.*	Was I not home?
	2nd	Thou wast* home.*	Wast thou home?	Thou wast not* home.*	Wast Thou not home?
	2nd	You were* home.*	Were you home?	You were not* home.*	Were you not home?
	3rd	He was* home.*	Was he home?	He was not* home.*	Was he not home?
		She was* home.*	Was she home?	She was not* home.*	Was she not home?
		It was* home.*	Was it home?	It was not* home.*	Was it not home?
pl.	1st	We were* home.*	Were we home?	We were not* home.*	Were we not home?
	2nd	You were* home.*	Were you home?	You were not* home.*	Were you not home?
	3rd	They were* home.*	Were they home?	They were not* home.*	Were they not home?

¹⁾ The obsolete and dialectal use, see "thou".

²⁾ The obsolete and poetic of plural 'You', also used in some dialects.

³⁾ An older form for the subjunctive I of the verb 'Be', see "thou".

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