AUX: auxiliary verb
An auxiliary verb is a verb that accompanies the lexical verb of a verb phrase and expresses grammatical distinctions not carried by the lexical verb, such as person, number, tense, mood, aspect, and voice.
Finnish modal verbs are counted as auxiliaries. Finnish auxiliary and modal verbs are
- täytyä “must”
- pitää “have to”
- tarvita “need”
- joutua “have to”
- voida “be able to, can”
- saattaa “may”
- taitaa “be+probably, may”
- mahtaa “be+probably, may”
- olla “be”
- aikoa “be going to”
Examples
- [fi] täytyy tehdä “must do”
- [fi] olemme tehneet “we have done”
- [fi] olisi pitänyt tehdä “would have had to do”
References
- http://scripta.kotus.fi/visk/sisallys.php?p=450 (in Finnish)
- http://scripta.kotus.fi/visk/sisallys.php?p=1562 (in Finnish)
AUX in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [el] [en] [es] [et] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [gub] [hu] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [yue] [zh]