aux: auxiliary
The relation aux is used between an auxiliary verb and a predicate (verb, adverb, adjective…). Auxiliaries are used to express TAME (Time, Aspect, Mood, Evidentiality). In Naija auxiliaries precede the predicate and there can be several of them attached to the same governor.
# visual-style 3 2 aux color:blue
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
# visual-style 2 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2 fgColor:white
1 we we PRON PRON _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 don PERF AUX AUX _ 3 aux _ _
3 discover discover VERB VERB _ 0 root _ _
4 dis this DET DET _ 5 det _ _
5 thing thing NOUN NOUN _ 3 obj _ _
1 we _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 have _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 discover _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 this _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 thing _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
1 we _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 have _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 discovered _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 this _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 thing _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
# visual-style 4 2 aux color:blue
# visual-style 4 3 aux color:blue
# visual-style 4 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4 fgColor:white
# visual-style 2 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
1 im he PRON PRON _ 4 nsubj _ _
2 go will AUX AUX _ 4 aux _ _
3 come come AUX AUX _ 4 aux _ _
4 reach arrive VERB VERB _ 0 root _ _
5 Ogere Ogere PROPN PROPN _ 4 obj _ _
6 now now ADV ADV _ 4 advmod _ _
1 him _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 will _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 come _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 arrive _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 Ogere _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 now _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
1 On _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 getting _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 Ogere _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
An auxiliary might be dependent on an adjective or an adverb, such as in the example below :
# visual-style 4 3 aux color:blue
# visual-style 7 6 aux color:blue
# visual-style 4 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4 fgColor:white
# visual-style 6 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
# visual-style 7 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7 fgColor:white
1 if if SCONJ SCONJ _ 4 mark _ _
2 im he PRON PRON _ 4 nsubj _ _
3 don have AUX AUX _ 4 aux _ _
4 ready ready ADV ADV _ 7 advcl _ _
5 you you PRON PRON _ 7 nsubj _ _
6 fit can AUX AUX _ 7 aux _ _
7 come come VERB VERB _ 0 root _ _
8 meet meet VERB VERB _ 7 xcomp _ _
9 am he PRON PRON _ 8 obj _ _
1 if _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 him _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 have _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 ready _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 you _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 can _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 come _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
8 meet _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
9 him _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
1 If _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 he _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 is _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 ready _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 you _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 can _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 come _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
8 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
9 see _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
10 him _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
The auxiliaries of Naija include :
- come
- dey
- don
- fit
- for
- go
- make
- neva
Some of these auxiliaries can also be used as the main verb of a clause:
- come
- dey
- fit
- go
- make
See more about the auxiliaries in the AUX page.
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]