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To Be (am is are)
In Chinese Language, the “To Be” is used after pronoun to complete the sentence, this is same as in English Language. However, unlike English, there is only 1 Chinese Character to represent all the To Be in English. Or in other word, “am, is and are” are replaced with “Shi4”
Take note that there is no past, past participate “To Be” in Chinese Language, there is only present “To Be” found in Chinese. With this, means “was and were” are also replaced by “Shi4”:
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