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Auxiliary verb

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Auxiliary verb

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An auxiliary verb is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it appears?for example, to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany a main verb. The main verb provides the main semantic content of the clause. An example is the verb have in the sentence I have finished my dinner. Here, the main verb is finish, and the auxiliary have helps to express the perfect aspect. Some sentences contain a chain of two or more auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs, helper verbs, or (verbal) auxiliaries. They may be glossed with the abbreviation AUX.

English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_verb

Spanish wikipedia http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbo_auxiliar