be

1. As an auxiliary verb:Examples: "The dog was saved by the boy."; "Study courses of Esperanto and Ido have been broadcast."auxiliaryirregular

2. As an auxiliary verb:Examples: "I am to leave tomorrow."; "They are to stay here until I return."; "I'd been to've been ambassador, but fell seriously ill."formalirregular

3. As an auxiliary verb:Examples: "1996, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk, screenplay of The Nutty Professor Women be shoppin’! You cannot stop a woman from shoppin’!"; "Niggas be tellin' these bitches 'bout business"CaribbeanIrelandauxiliaryirregular

4. As a copulative verb:Examples: "There is just one woman in town who can help us."; "(or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us."; "Some men there are loue not a gaping Pigge: / Some that are mad, if they behold a Cat: / And others, when the bag-pipe sings i’th nose, / Cannot containe their Vrine for affection."irregularwith-dummy-subject

5. As a copulative verb:Examples: "I’m 20 (years old)."irregular

6. As a copulative verb:Examples: "It is almost eight (o’clock)."; "It’s 8:30 [read eight-thirty] in Tokyo."; "What time is it there? It’s night."irregular