I don't like "are" for that purpose. "Is" is phonetically clearer and less awkward. I is, you is, he/she/it is, they is. I'll admit the past tense "ised" (prono

I don't like "are" for that purpose. "Is" is phonetically clearer and less awkward. I is, you is, he/she/it is, they is. I'll admit the past tense "ised" (pronounced izz-d) is still not very nice. Perhaps it should be "be"... I be, you be, yesterday they beed.