nghuot verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
nghuot verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
nyeis verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

Afrikaans

1 entries

wees verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Albanian

4 entries

jam verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
jam verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
jam verb (to occupy a place)
është verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

γίγνομαι verb (to occur, take place)
εἰμί verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
εἰμί verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
εἰμί verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Arabic

4 entries

بيبقى verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
بيتعمل verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
بيفضل verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
عمال verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

Armenian

4 entries

եմ verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
եմ verb (to occupy a place)
լինել verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
լինել verb (to occupy a place)

Aromanian

2 entries

escu verb (to occupy a place)
hiu verb (to occupy a place)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܗܵܘܹܐ verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
ܗܵܘܹܐ verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
ܗܵܘܹܐ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ܗܵܘܹܐ verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Asturian

4 entries

facer verb (used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality)
ser verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
ser verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ser verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Avar

1 entries

букӏине verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

imək verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
imək verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)
var verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

هنه verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

Balinese

1 entries

ada verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Bangi

1 entries

zala verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Basque

4 entries

egon verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
egon verb (to occupy a place)
egon verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
izan verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Belarusian

4 entries

быць verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
быць verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
быць verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
быць verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Bengali

1 entries

হওয়া verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Bourguignon

1 entries

étre verb (to occupy a place)

Bouyei

1 entries

ius verb (to occupy a place)

Breton

2 entries

bezañ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
bezañ verb (to occupy a place)

Bulgarian

4 entries

съм verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
съм verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
съм verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
съм verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Burmese

4 entries

နေ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ဖြစ် verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ရှိ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ဟုတ် verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Buryat

3 entries

байха verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
байха verb (to occupy a place)
оршохо verb (to occupy a place)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

èsseri verb (to occupy a place)

Carpathian Rusyn

4 entries

бу́ти verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
буц verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
бы́ти verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
быти verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Catalan

4 entries

anar verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
estar verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
estar verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
estar verb (to occupy a place)

Cebuano

1 entries

nangin verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⵉⵍⵉ verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Chechen

2 entries

хила verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
хила verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Chinese

4 entries

зэ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
зэ verb (to occupy a place)
сы verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ю verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

係 /系 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

or implied verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
來 /来 verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
在 verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
在 verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Church Slavic

4 entries

бꙑти verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
бꙑти verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
бꙑти verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
бꙑти verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Chuukese

1 entries

mi verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Classical Mongolian

1 entries

ᠠᠬᠤ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

cah verb (to occupy a place)

Cornish

3 entries

bos verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
bos verb (to occupy a place)
bôs verb (to occupy a place)

Czech

4 entries

být verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
být verb (auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)
být verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
být verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Dalmatian

1 entries

saite verb (to occupy a place)

Danish

4 entries

blive verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
finde sted verb (to occur, take place)
ske verb (to occur, take place)
ville verb (auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)

Dari

4 entries

بُودَن verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
بُودَن verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
بُودَن verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
بُودَن verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Dutch

4 entries

bestaan verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
liggen verb (to occupy a place)
plaatsvinden verb (to occur, take place)
staan verb (to occupy a place)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Egyptian

1 entries

wn:n:n verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Elfdalian

1 entries

wårå verb (to occupy a place)

Emilian

4 entries

avêreg verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
êser verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
êser verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
êser verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Erzya

1 entries

улемс verb (to occupy a place)

Esperanto

4 entries

egali verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
ekzisti verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
esti verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
esti verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Estonian

4 entries

olema verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
olema verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
olema verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
olema verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

Even

1 entries

би verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Evenki

2 entries

би verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
би verb (to occupy a place)

Extremaduran

1 entries

sel verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Faroese

4 entries

finnast verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
vera verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
vera verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
vera verb (to occupy a place)

Finnish

4 entries

olla verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
olla verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
olla verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
olla verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Franc-Comtois

1 entries

étre verb (to occupy a place)

Franco-Provençal

4 entries

estar verb (to occupy a place)
étar verb (to occupy a place)
étre verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
étre verb (to occupy a place)

French

4 entries

aller verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
avoir verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
avoir verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
faire verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Friulian

2 entries

jessi verb (to occupy a place)
sei verb (to occupy a place)

Galician

4 entries

estar verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
estar verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
estar verb (to occupy a place)
medir verb (used to link a subject to a count or measurement)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Georgian

4 entries

არის verb (to occupy a place)
არსებობა verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
არსებობს verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
მოხდენა verb (to occur, take place)

German

4 entries

existieren verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
sein verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
sein verb (auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)
sein verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries

a verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Gothic

3 entries

𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 verb (to occupy a place)

Greek

4 entries

έχει verb (used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality)
ίσον verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
γίνομαι verb (to occur, take place)
είμαι verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Greenlandic

1 entries

a verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Haitian Creole

4 entries

ap verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
se verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
se verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
se verb (to occupy a place)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

係 /系 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Hebrew

4 entries

הָיָה verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
הָיָה verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
הָיָה verb (to occupy a place)
הָיָה verb (to occur, take place)

Hiligaynon

2 entries

kamao verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
pagkamao verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Hindi

4 entries

होना verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
होना verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
होना verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
होना verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Hungarian

2 entries

van verb (to occupy a place)
van verb (to occur, take place)

Icelandic

4 entries

vera verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
vera verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
vera verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
vera verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Ido

4 entries

esar verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
esar verb (to occupy a place)
evar verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
existar verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Igbo

2 entries

nà verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
nà verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

Indonesian

2 entries

ada verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
berada verb (to occupy a place)

Ingrian

4 entries

olla verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
olla verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
olla verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)
olla verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Ingush

1 entries

хила verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بودَن verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
بودَن verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
بودَن verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
بودَن verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Irish

4 entries

bí verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
bí verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
bí verb (used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality)
bí verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Istriot

1 entries

ièsi verb (to occupy a place)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries

fi verb (to occupy a place)

Italian

4 entries

andare verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
avere verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
esserci verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
essere verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Japanese

4 entries

いらっしゃる verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
いる verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
だ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
だ verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Jarawa

3 entries

ʈʰi verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ʈʰi verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
ʈʰi verb (to occupy a place)

Javanese

1 entries

ana verb (to occur, take place)

Jeju

4 entries

시다 verb (to occupy a place)
싯다 verb (to occupy a place)
아ᇝ verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
아니다 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Kabyle

4 entries

d verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
d verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
ili verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
ili verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Kashmiri

1 entries

آسُن verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Khamnigan Mongol

1 entries

байху verb (to occupy a place)

Khmer

4 entries

កំពុង verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
គឺ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
គឺ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
គឺ verb (to occur, take place)

Korean

4 entries

ᆫ다 verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
ᆻ다 verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
같다 verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
계시다 verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Ladin

2 entries

vester verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
vester verb (to occupy a place)

Lao

4 entries

ຄື verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ບັງເກີດ verb (to occur, take place)
ຢູ່ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
ຢູ່ verb (to occupy a place)

Latgalian

1 entries

byut verb (to occupy a place)

Latin

4 entries

sto verb (to occupy a place)
sum verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
sum verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
sum verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Latvian

4 entries

būt verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
būt verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
būt verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
būt verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Ligurian

4 entries

êse verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
êse verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
êse verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
êse verb (to occupy a place)

Lingala

1 entries

zala verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Literary Chinese

2 entries

係 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
唯 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Lithuanian

4 entries

būti verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
būti verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
būti verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
būti verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Livonian

1 entries

vȱlda verb (to occupy a place)

Lombard

1 entries

vèss verb (to occupy a place)

Louisiana Creole

4 entries

ap verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
apé verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
dèt verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
çé verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Low German

4 entries

bestahn verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
bören verb (to occur, take place)
existeren verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
gebören verb (to occur, take place)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries

byś verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
byś verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
byś verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
byś verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Lutuv

1 entries

aw verb (to occupy a place)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

sinn verb (to occupy a place)

Lü

2 entries

ᦊᦴᧈ verb (to occupy a place)
ᦔᦲᧃ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Macedonian

4 entries

би́де verb (to occur, take place)
е verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
е verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
е verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Malay

4 entries

ada verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
adalah verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
berada verb (to occupy a place)
ialah verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Malayalam

1 entries

ആകുന്നു verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Manchu

4 entries

zero copula verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ᠪᡳ verb (to occur, take place)
ᠪᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
ᠪᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to occupy a place)

Manx

4 entries

bee verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
bee verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
bee verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
bee verb (to occupy a place)

Mazanderani

4 entries

بأبوشهن verb (auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)
بأین verb (to occur, take place)
بوئن verb (to occupy a place)
بیهن verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

ire verb (to occupy a place)

Middle English

4 entries

been verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
been verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
been verb (auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
been verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Middle French

2 entries

estre verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
estre verb (to occupy a place)

Middle Korean

4 entries

아니〮다〮 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
없〯다〮 verb (to occupy a place)
이〮라〮 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
잇다〮 verb (to occupy a place)

Mizo

3 entries

awm verb (to occupy a place)
ni verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ni verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Mongolian

4 entries

байх verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
байх verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
байх verb (to occupy a place)
байх verb (to occur, take place)

Mòcheno

1 entries

sai' verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Nahuatl

1 entries

cah verb (to occupy a place)

Nanai

1 entries

би verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Navajo

4 entries

nilį́ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
nilį́ verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
átʼé verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
átʼé verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Ngazidja Comorian

3 entries

uhundriha verb (to occupy a place)
ukaya verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
ukaya verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Norman

4 entries

être verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
être verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
être verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
être verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

North Frisian

4 entries

wees verb (to occupy a place)
wees verb (to occupy a place)
weese verb (to occupy a place)
wiis verb (to occupy a place)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

... salî bûn verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
bûn verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
bûn verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
bûn verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)

Northern Sami

1 entries

leat verb (to occupy a place)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

bli verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
ligge verb (to occupy a place)
sitte verb (to occupy a place)
stå verb (to occupy a place)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

bli verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
liggja verb (to occupy a place)
sitja verb (to occupy a place)
stå verb (to occupy a place)

Occitan

4 entries

estar verb (to occupy a place)
èsser verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
èsser verb (to occupy a place)
èsser verb (to occur, take place)

Odia

1 entries

ହେବା verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Okinawan

4 entries

やいびーん verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
やん verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
居ん verb (to occupy a place)
有ん verb (to occupy a place)

Old Armenian

2 entries

եմ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
եմ verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

бꙑти verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
бꙑти verb (to occupy a place)

Old English

4 entries

bēon verb (to occupy a place)
wesan verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
wesan verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
wesan verb (to occupy a place)

Old French

3 entries

ester verb (to occupy a place)
estre verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
estre verb (to occupy a place)

Old Frisian

1 entries

wesa verb (to occupy a place)

Old Irish

4 entries

at·tá verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
at·tá verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
at·tá verb (to occupy a place)
at·tá verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

Old Korean

3 entries

是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
有叱 verb (to occupy a place)
無叱 verb (to occupy a place)

Old Norse

1 entries

vera verb (to occupy a place)

Old Prussian

1 entries

būtwei verb (to occupy a place)

Old Saxon

2 entries

sīn verb (to occupy a place)
wesan verb (to occupy a place)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰼 verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Ossetian

1 entries

уын verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Pannonian Rusyn

3 entries

буц verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
буц verb (to occupy a place)
буц verb (to occur, take place)

Papiamentu

1 entries

ta verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Pela

1 entries

ŋɔ̠t⁵⁵ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Pennsylvania German

4 entries

sei verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
sei verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
sei verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)
sei verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Picard

1 entries

ète verb (to occupy a place)

Piedmontese

1 entries

esse verb (to occupy a place)

Pipil

2 entries

nemi verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
nemi verb (to occupy a place)

Polish

4 entries

być verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
być verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
być verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
być verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Portuguese

4 entries

dar verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
estar verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
estar verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)
estar verb (used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality)

Quechua

4 entries

kai verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
kai verb (to occupy a place)
kay verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
tiyay verb (to occupy a place)

Rade

1 entries

jing verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Romagnol

1 entries

cadér verb (to occur, take place)

Romani

2 entries

si verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
si verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Romanian

4 entries

avea verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
egala verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
exista verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
fi verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Romansch

1 entries

esser verb (to occupy a place)

Russian

4 entries

быть verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
быть verb (auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)
быть verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
быть verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अस्ति verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
अस्ति verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
भवति verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Sardinian

3 entries

essere verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
essere verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
èssere verb (to occupy a place)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

weese verb (to occupy a place)
weze verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

bi verb (to occupy a place)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bȉti verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
bȉti verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
bȉti verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
bȉti verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Sicilian

1 entries

èssiri verb (to occupy a place)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

leeʹd verb (to occupy a place)

Slovak

4 entries

byť verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
byť verb (auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)
byť verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
byť verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Slovene

4 entries

biti verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
biti verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
biti verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
biti verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Slovincian

1 entries

bëc verb (to occupy a place)

Somali

1 entries

jirid verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Spanish

4 entries

andar verb (auxiliary, dialectal: used to mark habitual aspect)
estar verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
estar verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
estar verb (to occupy a place)

Swahili

1 entries

kuwa verb (to occupy a place)

Swedish

4 entries

bli verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
existera verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
finnas verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
finnas verb (to occupy a place)

Tagalog

1 entries

maging verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Tajik

1 entries

будан verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Tamil

4 entries

அமர் verb (to occupy a place)
ஆ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ஆகு verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
இரு verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Telugu

2 entries

అగు verb (to occur, take place)
ఉండు verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Tetum

1 entries

iha verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Thai

4 entries

กำลัง verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
คือ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ถูก verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
มา verb (elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཡིན་འགོད verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
རེད verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Tocharian B

1 entries

tāk verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Turkish

4 entries

bulunmak verb (to occupy a place)
imek verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
imek verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
imek verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

Tuvan

2 entries

турар verb (to occupy a place)
чоруур verb (to occupy a place)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бу́ти verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
бу́ти verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
бу́ти verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
бу́ти verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

być verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
być verb (to occupy a place)

Urdu

4 entries

ہونا verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ہونا verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
ہونا verb (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
ہونا verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

Uzbek

2 entries

emoq verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
emoq verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

Venetan

2 entries

èser verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
èser verb (to occupy a place)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bị verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
có verb (used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality)
có verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
có verb (to occur, take place)

Volapük

1 entries

binön verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Walloon

4 entries

esse verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
esse verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
esse verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
esse verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Welsh

4 entries

bod verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
bod verb (auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
bod verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
bod verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

West-Frisian

2 entries

wurde verb (auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
wêze verb (to occupy a place)

Western Apache

1 entries

naiágúóli verb (to occupy a place)

White Hmong

1 entries

nyob nov verb (to occupy a place)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

是 verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

Yakut

1 entries

баар verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Yiddish

4 entries

זײַן verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
זײַן verb (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
זײַן verb (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)
זײַן verb (to occupy a place)

Yoruba

4 entries

jẹ́ verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
ni verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
sí verb (to occupy a place)
wà verb (to occupy a place)

Zazaki

4 entries

ben (diq) verb (used to state the age of a subject in years)
biyen verb (to occur, take place)
bı (diq) verb (to occupy a place)
est verb (intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

Zhuang

2 entries

dwg verb (used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
youq verb (to occupy a place)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

ǀîi verb (to occupy a place)

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I will be back soon.

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It's because you don't want to be alone.

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Sometimes he can be a strange guy.

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I once wanted to be an astrophysicist.

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