Preverbs: Difference between revisions

A '''preverb'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Also '''pre-verb''', '''auxiliary verb''', '''auxverb''', '''helper verb'''.</ref> is a type of [[content word]] that may precede the main [[verb]] of a [[sentence]]. Preverbs generally make distinctions in {{w|grammatical mood}} or {{w|Grammatical aspect|aspect}}, and they are often compared to {{w|auxiliary verb}}s in European languages.