aux: auxiliary
An auxiliary of a clause is a non-main verb of the clause. In Italian the two main auxiliary verbs are form of essere (to be), avere (to have); in periphrastic tenses with the progressive form is used the verb stare instead. Modals are also marked as auxiliary (fare to do, sapere to know, volere to want, potere to can or dovere must).
- auxiliary avere
hanno sparato a sangue freddo
aux(sparato, hanno)
- auxiliary essere
il sequestro era avvenuto
aux(avvenuto, era)
- auxiliary stare
stavano realizzando un serbatoio
aux(realizzando, stavano)
- modal auxiliaries
non l' hanno potuto ascoltare
aux(ascoltare, potuto)
dovrà sparire la figura
aux(sparire, dovrà)
Note that the auxiliary verb used to construct the passive voice is not labeled aux but aux:pass.
aux in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [id] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [ky] [myv] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [urj] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]