is
意味
- beの三人称
単数
現在
例文
Mary is probably going to tell Tom she's sleepy.
メアリーはきっとトムに「眠い」って言うだろうね。
Paris is one of the largest cities in the world.
パリは世界最大の都市の一つである。
The trouble is that I don't have much money now.
困ったことには今あまりお金がないんだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.