diff --git a/g1501-1510/g1510.md b/g1501-1510/g1510.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9208e536 --- /dev/null +++ b/g1501-1510/g1510.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# εἰμί/eimi +This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. + +* This word can talk about something that exists. This word means to be or to exist. + * In English, the words is, am, or are often take the place of the word be when talking about something that exists at the present time. + * In English, the words was or were often take the place of the word be when talking about something that exists in the past. + * In English, the words will be often take the place of the word be when talking about something that exists at a future time. + * This word can describe a person’s existence. + * This word can describe an event that happens or takes place. + * This word can describe a person being at a place. + * This word can describe something that is possible. + +* This word can connect two words together. This word means be: is, am, are, was, were, will be. + * This word connects the subject or first part of a sentence to the second part of the sentence to tell more about the subject. This word can connect a noun to another noun, a noun to an adjective or adverb, or a noun to a verb. + * This word is used to identify who someone is or what that person does. + * This word is used to say that someone is identical or equal to the thing being described. + * This word is used to describe a person’s character. + * This word is used to connect a person or subject with what they are doing. + +**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being. \ No newline at end of file