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to bes

to bes

9.9
A not standard present form of the verb be that people use instead of is or are in some regions
  • verb
  • UK
translation icon : ser
  • Kids be playing outside until it gets dark.

Some people be doing that but like genuinely like what?

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Examples

  • Some people be doing that but like genuinely like what?

    The Useless Hotline Podcast

  • But no, but no, I feel like some girls, but girls, some girls be doing a lot, like be doing a lot just because they got a little little flight to Houston or something.

  • You just be fighting just to fight fat, you ugly.

  • They going in but it seemed like them be the one that be telling me that I'm not right like you, but I feel like them be the one that know that they.

    The 85 South Comedy Show

  • In my neighborhood, people be hanging out at the park during the summer.

  • Sometimes they be so excited about a new toy that they can't sit still.

Surface Forms

bes infinitive
bessing present participle
besses third person singular
was past
been past participle

Morphology

bes = be (transparent) = be + s

A dialectal present-tense form formed by adding the familiar third-person singular suffix '-s' to the verb 'be', so its meaning is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

The word bes comes from the common verb be and is a regional present form used in some local speech, for example in Irish English. A helpful way to remember it is to think of bes like saying is or are in casual speech, so 'He bes working' simply means 'He is working'.