Editing Manchu language (section)

==== Auxiliary verbs ====
Composite verb forms are constructed with the [[auxiliary verb]]s  ''bimbi'', ''bi'' "be, exist, remain", ''ombi'' "be/become (such), be possible",  ''sembi'' "say, tell, consider", ''acambi'' "be suitable", ''mutembi'' "be able to" and ''hamimbi'' "approach, be near".

===== bimbi "to be" =====

* '''Indefinite future''' – imperfect participle with optative: ''genere biki'' "I will go", "I will be there".
* '''Definite perfect''' – Perfect participle with ''bi'': ''wajiha bi'' "is finished" (note that this same construction is the origin of the indicative perfect).
* '''Past perfect''' – the perfect participle in ''-ha/-he/-ho'' forms together with the past form of the copula, ''bihe,'' a [[Pluperfect|past perfect]] tense:<ref>Gorelova 2002, 292; Haenisch 1986, 61.</ref> ''araha bihe''  "I had written", ''tere bade tehe bihe'' "he had sat down there", ''tuwaha bihe'' "he had seen it"
* '''Durative past perfect''' – perfect participle with ''bihebi.''
* '''Hypothesis''' – perfect participle with ''bici'' or with ''bihe bici'': ''arahabici'' "if I had written", ''ehe niyalma de hajilaha bici'' "If you had become involved with bad people".
* '''Preterite''' – The imperfect converb with ''bihe'' expresses a continuous action that has come to an end: ''alame bihe'' "he used to say".
* '''Imperative''' –The [[Synthetic morphology|synthetic]] forms of the imperative can be replaced with analytical forms consisting of a converb and ''bisu'' (the imperative of ''bimbi''): ''ala'' – ''alame bisu.''

===== ombi "to be, become" =====

* '''Imperative''' – The synthetical forms of the imperative can be replaced with analytical forms consisting of a converb and ''osu,'' the imperative of ''ombi'': ''ala'' – ''alame osu.''

===== sembi "to say" =====

* '''Imperative''' – The synthetical forms of the imperative can be replaced with analytical forms consisting of a converb and ''sereo'': ''alarao'' – ''alame sereo.''