How do you use born and born in a sentence?

Examples of born in a Sentence
She was born in Nigeria in 1911. The baby was born on July 31st. Their second son was born prematurely. Both twins were born healthy.
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Which is correct I was born or I born?

The correct phrase here is "I was born," because the past tense of the verb "born" is also "born." The word "borne," however, is the past tense of the verb "bear."
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Is born correct?

'I was born' is grammatically correct. The word 'born' does not change form. To change tenses you need to change the tense of helping verbs. 'is born', 'was born' etc.
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Were born or have born?

To talk about your birth, say, “I was born.” To talk about bearing something in the past, say, “I have born”.
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How do you use born?

If you are talking about day of the week or a holiday then it should be Born on. Example: I was born on Monday (Christmas day).
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BORN and BORNE explained with examples | Meaning, Use and Examples



How do you say being born?

  1. arise.
  2. come from.
  3. derive.
  4. emanate.
  5. emerge.
  6. stem.
  7. birth.
  8. come.
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Is there past tense of born?

The past tense of born is bornt (Geordie). The third-person singular simple present indicative form of born is borns. The present participle of born is bornin.
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Is it born in or born at?

The most usual one is "born in [name of city or country]". But you can have "born at [name of place eg.
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Why do we say was born?

In English we say "I was born" because the verb is "to bear", and that verb means to bring a child into the world, to give birth.
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Can we say he was born?

It is not correct! And the right form should be I was born in Canada. This is because the past tense of born is not borned but rather Was born. The verb bear means carry.
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What are the three forms of born?

Born Verb Forms – Past Tense, Past Participle & V1V2V3
  • Base Form (Infinitive): Born.
  • Simple Past: Bornt.
  • Past Participle: Bornt.
  • Present Participle: Borning.
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Is born and raised or was born and raised?

Both born and raised in the same particular place; having lived in one's birthplace through one's adolescence. The phrase implies that one's identity has been shaped by the place.
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When did he born or born?

"born" is not the infinitive of a verb. you can not change it and we do not use it with auxiliary verbs like "do" or "did". you can not say "when did he born?" or "i borned in 1991". ("when was he born?" and "i was born in 1991".)
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When were you born How do you answer?

The grammatically correct form of this question is "When were you born?". Additionally, your friend can answer with something like, "I was born on January 29, 2013.", with his actual birthday instead of today's date.
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Has born Meaning?

When a baby is born, it comes out of its mother's body at the beginning of its life. In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent.
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What is present of born?

Originally Answered: What is the present tense of “born”? Born is a participle form of the verb to bear. So its tense is governed by the helping verb that comes before it. Present tense would be am born, are born, is born.
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What can I say instead of born?

  • connate,
  • hereditary,
  • inborn,
  • inherent,
  • innate,
  • intimate,
  • intrinsic,
  • native.
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When was born example?

When I was born, my father was working on "Chicago". My mother was 15 when I was born. "My mother was very young when I was born. My dad was 64 when I was born.
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What is the verb of born?

Born is the common past-tense form of the verb meaning "to give birth." It is often used in the passive voice: She was born in a log cabin in March of 1817. A lot of good ideas are born outside the workplace. a movement born during the Renaissance.
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What type of word is born?

Born can be a verb or a noun.
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What is the noun of born?

noun. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth.
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What is opposite of born?

Opposite of to be given birth to. die. perish. demise.
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