Maksud be Dalam Bahasa Melayu

• 0 used with a present participle to form the progressive or continuous tenses

  • I’m reading

  • I am being followed

  • What were you saying?.

• 1 used with a present participle to form a type of future tense

  • I’m going to London.

• 2 used with a past participle to form the passive voice

  • He was shot.

• 3 used with an infinitive to express several ideas, eg necessity When am I to leave? ), purpose The letter is to tell us he’s coming ), a possible future happening If he were to lose, I’d win etc.

• 4 used in giving or asking for information about something or someone

  • I am Mr Smith

  • Is he alive?

  • She wants to be an actress

  • The money will be ours

  • They are being silly.

• 5 short for Bachelor of Engineering; a first degree in Engineering

  • Colin Taylor BE.