Auxiliary verb
Also known as "modal verbs"
Express capability, possibility, necessity, obligation or willingness.
Potential articles / sections
- In sentences with an auxiliary verb, the auxiliary verb is negated, not the main verb.
- To respond to questions with an auxiliary verb, the auxiliary verb is used, not the main verb. E.g. 你想不想来？ 想.
- Auxiliary verbs can't be reduplicated.
- Aspect particles 了, 着, 过 can't be used with auxiliary verbs.
- Auxiliary verbs must take a verb as an object, not a noun.
- Most important auxiliary verbs:
- 要
- 会
- 想
- 应该
- 该
- 必须
- 得 (děi)
- How to say 'can' (depending on context)
