Auxillary Verbs
What is it?
Auxillary verbs or 'helping' verbs are little verbs, which put together with other verbs, form new verb tenses.
Auxillaries are especially used for forming the Present Perfect and Past Perfect.
Below is a list of common auxillary verbs in Danish:
Infinitive | EN | Present | EN | Past | EN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
at have | to have | har | has | havde | had | |
at være | to be | er | is | var | was | |
at blive | to become | bliver | becomes | blev | became | |
at få | to get | får | gets | fik | got |
Present Perfect | EN | Past Perfect | EN | Imperativ | EN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
har haft | has had | havde haft | had had | hav | have | |
har været | has been | havde været | had been | vær | be | |
er blevet | has become | var blevet | had become | bliv | become | |
har fået | has gotten | havde fået | had gotten | få | get |