AUX: auxiliary verb
Definition
The definition of Japanese AUX is different from that in European language focused on modal verbs.
The AUX tag is used for words tagged by auxiliary_verb / 助動詞 in UniDic.
In addition, AUX is also used for functional verbs / adjectives tagged by verb (bound) / 動詞-非自立可能 or adjective_i (bound) / 形容詞-非自立可能 / auxiliary_verb_stem 形状詞-助動詞語幹 or 名詞-助動詞語幹/ when they are followed by a main verb or an adjective.
Examples
- 食べた “eat”+PAST (
auxiliary_verb/ 助動詞) :AUXfor past tense marker which follows a `VERB’ “食べ” - 勉強する “study” (
verb (bound)/ 動詞-非自立可能) : verbify a functional noun - 食べている “be eating” (progressive) (
verb (bound)/ 動詞-非自立可能) : a functional verb for progressive aspect - 食べない “not eat” (negation) (
auxiliary_verb/ 助動詞) :AUXfor negation marker - 食べるようだ “seem to eat” (
adjective auxiliary_verb_stem/ 形状詞-助動詞語幹) - 食べるそうだ “hear that … eat” (
adjective auxiliary_verb_stem/ 名詞-助動詞語幹)
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] [xcl] [yue] [zh]