What is an auxiliary verb in french

Question: Does Spanish have any auxiliary verbs other than haber?

Answer: Yes, but their usages aren't always parallel to the English usages of auxiliary verbs.

In general, forms in English that require an auxiliary verb (other than the forms that are translated using haber) don't require auxiliaries in Spanish. A sentence in English such as "I will leave" becomes saldré in Spanish, the simple future tense, not needing a separate word for "will." And "I am leaving" can be expressed simply as salgo.

However, the verb estar can be used as an auxiliary with the present participle, although such a usage is less common than in English.

Auxiliary verb examples

For example, "I am leaving" can be expressed both as stated above and by saying estoy saliendo. And while it's not really an auxiliary in Spanish, the verb poder ("to be able") can be used for the English auxiliaries "can" and "may" (although there are a variety of other ways to translate "may").

For example: Puedo salir, "I can leave."

Notice similarly that infinitives (such as salir in the

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