Episode 55: To Be or Not To Be
The History of English Podcast
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The Indo European Verb Forms of Middle English
M and is came from this indo european root word a. It also meant to be, or to exist, and it ultimately gave us the words is and am. During middle english, these forms pushed out that other verb form, b. But over time, am and is became standard, and the b form was dropped. So you might hear i b or each bao in one region, and i am somewhere else.
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