Auxiliary Engine
What extra function does it add to the event?
Signification
A helping element that adds tense, aspect, modality, voice, negation, question formation, or grammatical support to an event.
Comment le repérer
Look for small verbs that do not carry the main event meaning but change how it works.
Exemples
be|have|do|can|will|must
is going|has eaten|do not know|can swim
She has finished her work.
Visual guide
AUX engine + main event ----------------------- has + finished -> aspect/time is + going -> ongoing can + swim -> possibility main verb = event AUX = how it runs
Function coding choices suffix on verb: walk-ed aux word: has eaten modal aux: can swim support aux: do not know Check: which jobs need AUX?
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Auxiliaries support compound tenses, passive, modality, and periphrastic constructions.
Elle a fini son travail.
She has finished her work.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
L’anglais utilise des auxiliaires pour les questions, les négations, l’insistance, les temps composés, l’aspect, le passif et la modalité.
Do you understand?
do = auxiliaire qui aide à former la question
Les apprenants omettent souvent l’auxiliaire do, confondent be et have, ou empilent les auxiliaires dans le mauvais ordre.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.