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be about third-person singular simple present is about present participle being about simple past was about past participle been about
(This entry is a translation hub .) What is this book about ? Not to confuse with to "be about to", which describes the intention, e.g. "I am about to sell my car". Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin: 是 關於 / 是 关于 ( shì guānyú )
Dutch: gaan over (nl)
Finnish: kertoa (fi) ( + elative ) , käsitellä (fi) ( + partitive )
French: s’agir de (fr) ( e.g. "il s'agit de ..." ) , concerner (fr) , être au sujet de
German: sich handeln um (de) ( e.g. "es handelt sich um ..." ) , gehen um (de) ( e.g. "es geht um ..." ) , von ... sein über ... sein
Greek: αφορά ( aforá )
Polish: chodzić o (pl) impf być o (pl)
Russian: быть о (ru) ( bytʹ o ) ( e.g. О чём эта книга? - copula is omitted in the present ) , речь идёт о ...( rečʹ idjót o ... ) ( this is about ... (more abstract topics) )
Spanish: rondar (es) , tratar(se) de tratar(se) sobre tratar(se) acerca de
