Natural Chinese > courses > Character Video Database > am/is/are/是


be(am, is, are)is called in Chinese 。

是(shì):我是中国人,不是法国人,我是老师,不是大夫。

is a positive verb,means yes.

aren’t, isn’t, aren’t in Chinese is called 不是.

不是(bú shì)mean no, not.