# Be leave you/us alone

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**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-leave-you-us-alone/996664 "2024-01-26T04:50:38Z")\
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I recently encountered a phrase in a site regarding Elizabeth Moon’s Pakesenarrion works ([Paksworld:](http://www.paksworld.com/blog)) that went  
_Am he gone? Are he went? Have he left I all alone?_ This reminded me of a very similar statement that my Dad used to utter at times of departure:  
_I are gone. I am went. I be leave us alone._

However, I have not found any sources for either version and I am curious where they originated.  
(I might be confusing the placement of “am” and “are” in my memory.