being

Anglais

Dérivé de be, avec le suffixe -ing.

Singulier	Pluriel
being \ˈbi.ɪŋ\ ou \ˈbiː.ɪŋ\	beings \ˈbi.ɪŋz\ ou \ˈbiː.ɪŋz\

being \ˈbi.ɪŋ\ (États-Unis), \ˈbiː.ɪŋ\ (Royaume-Uni)

Temps	Personne	Affirmatif		Négatif
Infinitif et Impératif		(to) be
Participe	Présent	being
Participe	Passé	been
Subjonctif	Présent	be 2^e sing. arch. : beest
Subjonctif	Passé	were 2^e sing. arch. : wast, wert
Temps	Personne	Longue	Contra.	Longue	Contra.
Présent indicatif	1^ère sing.	am	’m	am not	aren’t, ain’t, amn’t
	2^e sing. arch.	art	’rt	art not	—
	2^e sing. 1^ère, 2^e et 3^e plur.	are	’re	are not	aren’t, ain’t
	3^e sing.	is	’s	is not	isn’t, ain’t
Prétérit	1^ère et 3^e sing.	was	—	was not	wasn’t
	2^e sing. arch.	wast, wert	—	wast/wert not	—
	2^e sing. 1^ère et 2^e plur.	were	—	were not	weren’t
	Voir conjugaison anglaise

being \ˈbi.ɪŋ\ (États-Unis), \ˈbiː.ɪŋ\ (Royaume-Uni)

Participe présent de be.
- It appears the market for top-end modern artworks is booming because, Penny says, they’re being “bought as investments, more than has ever previously been the case; they are deemed to constitute a secure ‘alternative asset class’”. — (David Mitchell, Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By, Guardian Faber Publishing, 2019, p. 28)