English has a construction formed by a form of the copula "be" followed by "to" and the bare infinitive of the main verb (i.e. the copula followed by the "to"-infinitive). This is similar in form to the "going-to" future, with the omission of the word "going". In the "be + to" construction only finite, indicative (or past subjunctive) forms of the copula can appear – that is, the copula used cannot be itself, but one of the forms "am", "is", "are", "was", "were" (possibly contracted in some cases).