AUX: auxiliary verb
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. Auxiliaries can be combined with any other verb (unlike serialized verbs which can only form some specific combinations) to express time, aspect or mood. Auxiliaries can be root.
The auxiliaries of Naija include :
- no (negative marker) : I no know.
- come (realis mood) : But if we come look di matter well.
- VERB: See dat car wey dey come.
- dey (continuous aspect) : Because as you dey use phone and dey do two thing at di same time.
- VERB: But dis kind thing for no happen o if di railing dey as e suppose to dey.
- don (perfect aspect) : So ma people we don show again as we dey always show.
- fit (similar to modal auxiliary can) : Dem fit reach too.
- for (hypothetical mood) : But dis kind thing for no happen o.
- go (prospective aspect, future) : Nobody go ever talk sey rain do bad thing o.
- VERB: Wey rain wata fit pass go under.
- make (jussive mood) : Make we talk true sef o.
- VERB: Make sure sey you no leave am.
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]