“To be” in 44 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 44 of 44 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• Catalanhaver-hiFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchêtreFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianserFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItalianessereFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinsumFrom Wiktionary▶
• PortugueseserFrom Wiktionary▶
• RomanianfiFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishserFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• BulgarianсъмsămFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianbitiFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechbýtFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishbyćFrom Wiktionary▶
• RussianбытьbytʹFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakbyťFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianbitiFrom Wiktionary▶
• Ukrainianбу́тиbútyFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishværeFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchzijnFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanseinFrom Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianværeFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishvaraFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinomagingFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianadaFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalayadaFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• Bengaliহওয়াhoōẇaFrom Wiktionary▶
• HindiहोनाhonāFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduہوناhonāFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatvianbūtFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuanianbūtiFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicكَانَkānaFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewהָיָהhayáFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanivarFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishvarFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianolemaFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishollaFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianjamFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasqueizanFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishbíFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese是shìFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantoekzistiFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese在るaruFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean있다itdaFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiมีอยู่mii-yùuFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnamesecóFrom Wiktionary▶