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Essere: to be

Sono, sei, è, siamo, siete, sono. Note that sono is both "I am" and "they are".

Italian usually drops the subject pronoun because the verb ending shows it: Sono stanco "I am tired".

È with an accent means "is". E without an accent means "and".

C'è / ci sono mean "there is / there are".

Pattern: essere + noun / adjective

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This unlocks after: A1 Core words 3.