Re: THEORY: Auxiliaries

Omeina, which uses auxiliaries, has the subject, object, aspect (it's an
aspect-based language, not tense) and often the relative clause marker as
well, included:
Didain alde engune nilde  "I must give him back his horse"
=
[Di - da - ni] [al(i) - de] [engu - ne] [nilde] .
[Auxiliary meaning "Have to, must" - 1ps Subj - 3ps Obj]
"Didani" would invariably be shortened to the form here. Even if the object
is a noun, the 3p marker is still marked. Since Omeina does not mark number
on nouns, this is how a plural noun is shown. For instance, if I had to give
him back his horses, it would be 'Didali'

[give - reciprocal]
[horse - his]
[to him]

The dependent verb can be inflected - for instance, the idea of reciprocity
only applies to "Give" not to "Must", so the suffix -de is attached to that.
Mike
>
> If the verb inflects in mood, tense, aspect etc.. ought these inflections
to
> be on the auxiliary?
>
> If those stay on the verb will the other verb be called an auxiliary
>
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