Pomoni glagoli
Pomoni glagoli slue za tvorbu sloenih glagolskih vremena (perfekta, futura itd.) Pomoni glagoli su: be, have, do, shall, will
Glagol "to be" - biti Glagoli be, have i do mogu biti pomoni glagoli i glagoli punog znaenja. Glavni dijelovi glagola be su: be was been Be kao pomoni glagol se upotrebljava: - za tvorbu trajnih vremena: I am surfing. (ja surfam); - za tvorbu pasivnih vremena: The bridge was built. (most je izgraen). Be kao glagol punog znaenja znai postojati, ivjeti, stii itd. To be, or not to be. (biti ili ne biti) I was in Spain last year. (bio sam u paniji prole godine) Be se vrlo esto upotrebljava kao dio imenskog predikata. He is ill. (on je bolestan) His brother was a sailor. (njegov brat je bio mornar). Be se upotrebljava za dob, udaljenost i cijenu. It is ten miles. (ima deset milja) She is twenty. (njoj je dvadeset) This building is twenty years old. (ova zgrada je stara dvadeset godina) Kada govorimo o osobi kaemo samo broj (She is twenty.) ali kada govorimo o stvari years i old se ne mogu izostaviti.
Present Simple - Prezent I am - I'm (ja sam) you are - you're he is - he's, she's, it's we are - we're you are - you're they are - they're
I'm not (ja nisam) you're not he's, she's, it's not we're not you're not they're not
am I? (je sam li) are you? is he, she, it? are we? are you? are they?
Past Simple - Preterit (Prosto prolo vrijeme) I was (ja sam bio) I wasn't (ja nisam bio) you were you weren't he was he wasn't
was I? were you? was he?
Present Perfect - Perfekt I have been (ja sam bio) you have been he has been I haven't been you haven't been he hasn't been have I been? have you been? has he been?
Past Perfect - Pluskvamperfekt (Pluperfekt) I had been (ja bijah bio) you had been he had been I had not been you had not been he had not been had I been? had you been? had he been?
Futur Simple - Futur I shall be (ja u biti) you will be he will be
I shall not be you will not be he will not be
shall I be? will you be? will he be?
Futur Perfect - Svreni futur I shall have been (ja u biti) you will have been he will have been
I shall not have been you will not have been he will not have been
shall I have been? will you have been? will he have been?
Present Conditional - Pogodbeni nain sadanji I should be (ja bih bio) I should not be you would be you would not be he would be he would not be
should I be? would you be? would he be)
Past Conditional - Pogodbeni nain proli I should have been (bio bih bio) I should not have been you would have been you would not have been he would have been he would not have been
should I have been? would you have been? would he have been?
Imperativ Infinitiv prezenta Infinitiv perfekta Particip prezenta Particip perfekta Gerund prezenta Gerund perfekta
be to be to have been being been - having been being having been