Personal endings of the verb “to be”—also called present copulas—which are affixed to the end of nouns or :adjectives, with the exception of the third singular, are as follows
| I am | am | من ا ــَم |
| you are (singular) | i | توﺍﻴ ــی |
| he, she, it is | ast | او است |
| we are | im | ما ا ــیم |
| you are (plural) | id | شما ا ــید |
| they are | and | ﺁﻧها ﻴ ــَند |
Each of these copulas has all the information about the person, the number, and the tense. That is to say, for
