# èssiri
## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* siri

### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛssiri/
* Hyphenation: ès‧si‧ri

### Verb

èssiri
* to be

#### Usage notes

* The future tense in Sicilian has fallen into disuse. There are at least two methods to express the future in Sicilian:
** by using the present indicative, or
** by using the construction aviri a, which is similar to the have to construction in English.
* The conditional has also fallen into disuse in Sicilian.
** The present conditional may be replaced by the present indicative or the imperfect subjunctive.
** The past conditional may be replaced by the past perfect subjunctive.
* In the Messinese dialect, the conditional is still in use, and the conjunctive is sometimes replaced by the imperfect indicative, especially in the present tense.
* See the Wikipedia article on the Sicilian language for more information.

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | èssiri, siri | èssiri, siri | èssiri, siri | aviri statu | aviri statu | aviri statu |
| past participle | past participle | statu | statu | statu | - | - | - |
| gerund | gerund | sennu | sennu | sennu | avennu statu | avennu statu | avennu statu |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ju | tu | iḍḍu/iḍḍa | nuiautri | vuiautri | iḍḍi |
| indicative | present | sugnu | si' | è, esti, e-ni, e-di | semu | siti | sunnu, su' |
| indicative | imperfect | era | eri, eri-tu | era | èramu, èrumu | era-vu, eru-vu | èranu, èrunu |
| indicative | preterite | fui | fusti | fu | fummu | fusti-vu, fusti, fustû | foru |
| conditional | conditional | forra, sarìa | forri, saristi | forra, sarìa | fòrrimu, sarìumu | forru-vu, saristu | fòrrunu, sarìunu |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | past perfect | Use the imperfect tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | past conditional | Use the conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| subjunctive | | ju | tu | iḍḍu/iḍḍa | nuiautri | vuiautri | iḍḍi |
| subjunctive | present | sìa | si' | sìa | sìamu | siati | sìanu |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fussi | fussi | fussi | fùssimu | fussi-vu | fùssiru |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aviri plus the past participle |
| imperative | imperative | - | tu | vossìa | nuiautri | vuiautri | - |
| imperative | imperative | | si' | fussi | semu | siti | |