AUX: auxiliary
Definition
An Auxiliary of a clause is a function word associated with a verbal predicate that expresses categories such as tense, mood, aspect, voice or evidentiality. It is often a verb (which may have non-auxiliary uses as well). The most common auxiliary in the Naga Naga-Suansu corpus is the existential la “to be”, “to exist”. Naga-Suansu has a copula, e used in identity predication in the present tense.
Examples
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Mood auxiliaries: ra (imperative), ga (hortative), dai (jussive), la (interrogative), rahn (irrealis)
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Modal auxiliary geraha (obligatory)
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Evidentiality auxiliaries: gu (first-hand) and ga (non first-hand)
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Verbal auxiliary: Tye baneonan khorohndi khamganan lale “The man is closing the door”
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Verbal copula: A Jason e “I am Jason”
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] [naq] [nmf] [no] [oge] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [xcl] [xmf] [yue] [zh]