suis

Betekenis (Engels)

first-person singular present indicative of être

Sinonieme

es

est

êtes

sommes

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɥi/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French suis, from Old French sui, from Latin sum. The expected Old French reflex of sum would be *son. The form sui goes back to Vulgar Latin *suiō or earlier *suī, which were probably influenced by the perfect tense fuī (“I was”, modern French fus). Compare the reverse development in Galician fun (“I was”), from Vulgar Latin *fum, influenced by the present form. Final -s was added in later Old French to the first-person singular forms by analogy with the second person; it was standardised in Modern French in most cases except after unstressed -e and in the ending -ai of the future and past historic.

Sinne

Je suis désolée . Vous pouvez répéter ?

I'm sorry. Can you repeat?

Oui , je suis partout dans ce roman .

Yes, I am everywhere in this novel.

Je suis toujours conscient de mes possibilités dans mon travail .

I am always aware of my possibilities in my work.

Pour ce qui me concerne , je leur suis favorable .

As far as I am concerned, I am in favour of them.

Je suis un ancien soldat français , je devrais être décoré !

I'm a former French soldier, I should be decorated!

Je suis complètement abasourdi .

I'm completely stunned.

De nationalité bretonne , je suis citoyen du monde .

Of Breton nationality, I am a citizen of the world.

Je suis professeur d’anglais à l’université du Wisconsin .

I'm an English teacher at the University of Wisconsin.