Meaning of 'do' in questions like 'do you want...' [duplicate]
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If take question 'Do you want to eat?' as example, I don't understand
meaning of 'do' because:
to do something in my understanding is to take some actions, to want
something is not an action, it is not something, that you 'do'.
And in form of simple statement this question will be 'I want to eat', not
'I do want to eat' (right?).
What meaning of 'do' in this question?
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