# bezañ
## Breton
### Etymology

From Old Breton bout, bud, but, from Proto-Celtic *butā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become”). Cognate with Cornish bos and Welsh bod.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.(z)ɑ̃/

### Verb

bezañ
* to be

#### Usage notes

Three different forms are used in the 3rd person indicative present:
* The form zo is used when the subject is placed directly before it, and it is always preceded by the particle a (ex: an den a zo bras = the man is big).
* The form eo is used when the subject is anywhere but not before it. It is never preceded by any particle (ex: bras eo an den = big is the man).
* The form eus is usually preceded by the particle ez and means there is (ex: un den ez eus = there is a man).

#### Inflection

Breton consonant mutation :
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed |
| bezañ | vezañ | unchanged | pezañ | vezañ |

#### Conjugation

Personal forms :
| | Indicative | Indicative | Indicative | Indicative | Indicative | Indicative | Indicative | Indicative | Conditional | Conditional | Imperative |
| | Present | Present (situative) | Future | Imperfect | Imperfect (situative) | Preterite | Present (habitual) | Imperfect (habitual) | Present | Imperfect | Imperative |
| 1s | on | emaon | bin, bezin | oan | edon | boen | bezan | bezen | befen, ben | bijen | - |
| 2s | out | emaout | bi, bezi | oas | edos | boes | bezez | bezes | befes, bes | bijes | bez |
| 3s | zo, eo, eus* | emañ | bo, bezo | oa | edo | boe | bez | beze | befe, be | bije | bezet |
| 1p | omp | emaomp | bimp, bezimp | oamp | edomp | boemp | bezomp | bezemp | befemp, bemp | bijemp | bezomp |
| 2p | oc'h | emaoc'h | biot | oac'h | edoc'h | boec'h | bezit | bezec'h | befec'h, bec'h | bijec'h | bezit |
| 3p | int | emaint | bent, bezint | oant | edont | boent | bezont | bezent | befent, bent | bijent | bezent |
| 0 | oar, eur | emeur | bior | oad | edod | boed | bezer | bezed | befed | bijed | - |
| Impersonal forms | Impersonal forms | Impersonal forms | Impersonal forms | Impersonal forms | Impersonal forms | Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | Mutated forms | Mutated forms | Mutated forms | Mutated forms |
| Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Infinitive: bezañ, (older) bout, bezout Present participle: o vezañ Past participle: bet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Soft mutation after a: a vez- Mixed mutation after e: e vez- (e usually becomes ez before vowels) Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na vez- (n' before vowels) | Soft mutation after a: a vez- Mixed mutation after e: e vez- (e usually becomes ez before vowels) Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na vez- (n' before vowels) | Soft mutation after a: a vez- Mixed mutation after e: e vez- (e usually becomes ez before vowels) Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na vez- (n' before vowels) | Soft mutation after a: a vez- Mixed mutation after e: e vez- (e usually becomes ez before vowels) Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na vez- (n' before vowels) | Soft mutation after a: a vez- Mixed mutation after e: e vez- (e usually becomes ez before vowels) Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na vez- (n' before vowels) |