Il verbo essere (The verb to be)

Buongiorno!

Today we are going to study the verb Essere (To Be) in Italian.

The present forms of the verb Essere are:

ITALIAN	ENGLISH
IO SONO	I AM
TU SEI	YOU ARE
LUI/ LEI È	HE/ SHE IS
NOI SIAMO	WE ARE
VOI SIETE	YOU ARE (PLURAL)
LORO SONO	THEY ARE

As same as in English, we can use the verb Essere to answer questions with Chi (Who)

CHI SEI?

(WHO ARE YOU?)

IO SONO UNO STUDENTE

(I AM A STUDENT)

The verb Essere is used to describe the subject as we do with the verb To Be

È BELLISIMA

(SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL)

AKIRO È GIAPPONESE

(AKIRO IS JAPANESE)

We can use the verb Essere to create sentences that answer questions starting with Dove (Where)

SONO IN UN BAR CON CARLA

(I AM IN A BAR WITH CARLA)

DOVE SONO?

(WHERE ARE THEY?)