"to be (located, in a state)" in sette lingue
Significatoto be (located, in a state)
Spagnolo
/esˈtaɾ/
ereditaria
Location (está en casa) and passing states (estoy cansado); ser is for what something is.
Francese
/ɛtʁ/
altra origine · Latin *ESSERE (ESSE): French has no separate verb for this; Old French ester ← STĀRE 'to stand' survived only in law ('ester en justice')
STĀRE still hides inside être: the imperfect j'étais and the participle été come from STĀBAM and STATUM.
Italiano
/ˈstare/
ereditaria
Stare covers states and staying (sto bene, stai zitto, sto mangiando), but plain location usually takes essere (Roma è in Italia).
Portoghese
/esˈtah/
ereditaria
Rumeno
/fi/
altra origine · Latin FIERĪ 'to become' (with forms of ESSE)
Romanian has one verb 'to be'; sta, STĀRE's heir, means 'to stand, stay'.
Catalano
/əsˈta/
ereditaria
Inglese
/bi/
inglese nativa · Old English bēon
Native 'stand' is a distant cognate of STĀRE (PIE *steh₂-).
L’antenato latino
STĀRE‘to stand’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Latin STĀRE 'to stand' slowly turned into a second 'to be'. Spanish went furthest (ser vs estar), Italian stopped halfway, and French merged it into être — leaving only fossils like j'étais and été.
Parenti inglesi: state, station, status, stable, stay
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esEstoy bien, gracias.
- frJe vais bien, merci.
- itSto bene, grazie.
- ptEstou bem, obrigado.
- roSunt bine, mulțumesc.
- caEstic bé, gràcies.
- enI'm fine, thanks.