(8) 口語では次の縮約形を用いる: 'm＝am, 's＝is, 're＝are; an't [ain't]＝am not (⇒an't, ain't).

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OE bon to be ← Gmc beu- ← IE bheu- to become, grow (L fu I have been): cf. am, is, are (← IE es- to exist (L esse to be) ＆ er- to set in motion); was, were (← IE wes- to remain) be^２ /b/

n. ＝bee^３. be

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