AUX: auxiliary
Definition
An auxiliary is a function word 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, voice or evidentiality. In Beja it may be a verb or an affix and we have tagged the clitic copulas as such.
Examples
- uːn uː= kaːm iraːnaj / fidig -a dʔi -jaː =b =u / “Gosh, this camel was let loose [and]”
- _hoː =b hoːsoː ʃʔag -aː =b =u uː= tak _ “The man was carrying on his shoulder a lamb”
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]