ABSTRACT
The auxiliary verbs differ morphologically from the other verbs in several ways. Apart from the negative and weak forms the auxiliary verbs have a number of forms that do not have the pattern of the full verbs and are in the sense irregular. Most of the auxiliaries have forms that occur only in unstressed positions. For most of the verbs the past tense and -en forms are identical; even when differs they are often related by a simple phonological feature. The basic problem is to state the conditions under which the non-syllabic form occurs in five factors such as, position of the form in the sentence; the verbal form itself; whether the preceding word is a noun or a pronoun; whether the preceding form ends in a consonant or a vowel; if the preceding form ends in a consonant, and the place of articulation of that consonant.
