Editing Luganda (section)

==== Auxiliary verbs ====
Other tenses can be formed [[periphrasis|periphrastically]], with the use of [[auxiliary verb]]s. Some of Luganda's auxiliary verbs can also be used as main verbs; some are always auxiliaries:
* {{lang|lg|okuba}} 'to be': used with an optional {{lang|lg|nga}} with another [[finite verb]] to form compound tenses
* {{lang|lg|okujja}} 'to come': forms a future tense when used with the infinitive of the main verb
* {{lang|lg|okulyoka}} or {{lang|lg|okulyokka}} (only used as an auxiliary): appears with another finite verb, usually translated 'and then' or (in the subjunctive) 'so that'
* {{lang|lg|okumala}} 'to finish': used with the infinitive to denote completed action, or with the stem of the main verb prefixed with {{lang|lg|ga-}} to mean 'whether one wants to or not'
* {{lang|lg|okutera}} (only used as an auxiliary): used with the infinitive of the main verb to mean (in the present tense) 'to tend to' or (in the near future) 'about to'
* {{lang|lg|okuva}} 'to come from': followed by the main verb in the infinitive, means 'just been'
* {{lang|lg|okulema}} 'to fail': used with the infinitive to form negatives