suis

Meaning

first-person singular present indicative of être

être

• Verb
• Noun

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suivre

1. to follow (literal sense)
2. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying)
3. to take (a course or a class)

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Concepts

am

be

is

Synonyms

es

est

êtes

sommes

Translations

bin

sono

sum

soy

estou

👋

sou

estoy

ben

είμαι

segueix

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɥi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: suis

Inherited from Old French: sui

Inherited from Latin: sum

Cognate with Galician: fun

In summary

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.

Sentences

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.