Italian has a second verb that sometimes means to be: stare. Its home is the question how are you? and its answer:

• Come stai? — How are you? (to a friend)
• Come sta? — How are you? (polite, to someone you call Lei)
• Sto bene. — I'm well. Sto male. — I'm not well.
• Così così. — So-so. Benissimo! — Really well!

It also means to stay: Oggi sto a casa — today I'm staying at home.

Pronoun	Stare
io	sto
tu	stai
lui / lei / Lei	sta
noi	stiamo
voi	state
loro	stanno