Auxiliary verb
verb not bearing a meaning but instead serving a grammatical purpose
In English, an Auxiliary verb is a verb that changes or helps another verb. Auxiliary means "extra" or "different". Auxiliary verbs like do can be used to make a question. These verbs are usually used with other verbs.
Basic examples
Below are some sentences that use auxiliary verbs from English, Spanish, German, and French, with the auxiliary verb in bold:
- a. Do you want tea? – do is an auxiliary verb that changes the main verb want to make a question – see do-support.
- b. He has given his all. – has is an auxiliary used to say the perfect form of give.
- d. Das wurde mehrmals gesagt. – wurde 'became' is an auxiliary used to make the passive voice in German.[2]
- That became many times said = 'That was said many times.'
- d. Das wurde mehrmals gesagt. – wurde 'became' is an auxiliary used to make the passive voice in German.[2]
- e. Sie ist nach Hause gegangen. – ist 'is' is an auxiliary used with movement verbs to make the perfect tense in German.[3]
- She is to home gone = 'She went home/She has gone home.'
- e. Sie ist nach Hause gegangen. – ist 'is' is an auxiliary used with movement verbs to make the perfect tense in German.[3]
- f. Nous sommes hébergés par un ami. – sommes 'are' is an auxiliary verb used to make the passive voice in French.[5]
- We are hosted by a friend.
- f. Nous sommes hébergés par un ami. – sommes 'are' is an auxiliary verb used to make the passive voice in French.[5]
These auxiliaries help make a question, show tense, or make passive voice. Auxiliaries like these usually appear with a normal verb that carries the main meaning of that part of the sentence.
References
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