zitten — meaning in English

English meaning

• be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• sit verb To be resting with your body upright, supported by your bottom, rather than standing or lying down.

Senses

zitten is used for these senses in English:

• be To occupy a place.
• do (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
• there be Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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