AUX: auxiliary verb
Description
Auxiliary verbs are a closed subset of verbs. The following cases are common in Uralic languages:
- Negation verbs
- Copula
- The verbs used in verb chain constructions like past perfect, if applicable
- Some modal verbs
Examples
- [fi] on tullut “has come”, olisi vienyt “would’ve taken”
- [fi] pitää juosta “must run”
- [fi] en tiedä “I do not know”
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]