# èsser
## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan esser, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.se/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

èsser
* to be

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | èsser | èsser | èsser | èsser estat | èsser estat | èsser estat |
| gerund | gerund | essent | essent | essent | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | estat | estat | estat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | soi | ès, siás | es | sèm | sètz | son |
| indicative | imperfect | èri | èras | èra | èrem | èretz | èran |
| indicative | preterite | foguèri | foguères | foguèt | foguèrem | foguèretz | foguèron |
| indicative | future | serai | seràs | serà | serem | seretz | seràn |
| indicative | conditional | seriái | seriás | seriá | seriam | seriatz | serián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | foguèra | foguèras | foguèra | fogueram | fogueratz | foguèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of èsser + past participle | use the present tense of èsser + past participle | use the present tense of èsser + past participle | use the present tense of èsser + past participle | use the present tense of èsser + past participle | use the present tense of èsser + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect tense of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect tense of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect tense of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect tense of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect tense of èsser + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of èsser + past participle | use the preterite tense of èsser + past participle | use the preterite tense of èsser + past participle | use the preterite tense of èsser + past participle | use the preterite tense of èsser + past participle | use the preterite tense of èsser + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of èsser + past participle | use the future tense of èsser + past participle | use the future tense of èsser + past participle | use the future tense of èsser + past participle | use the future tense of èsser + past participle | use the future tense of èsser + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of èsser + past participle | use the conditional tense of èsser + past participle | use the conditional tense of èsser + past participle | use the conditional tense of èsser + past participle | use the conditional tense of èsser + past participle | use the conditional tense of èsser + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | siá | siás | siá | siam | siatz | sián |
| subjunctive | imperfect | foguèsse | foguèsses | foguèsse | foguèssem | foguèssetz | foguèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the present subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the present subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the present subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the present subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the present subjunctive of èsser + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of èsser + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of èsser + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | siá | | siam | siatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

### Noun

èsser m (plural èssers)
* being (a living creature)