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Verb
Conjugator
Conjugate English, French,
Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese...
Designed to help studying foreign languages,
the program is a handy substitution for the fat grammar books. It is
implemented as one "host" program with many language
plug-ins, each of which provides the conjugation functionality for
particular language.
It is important to
know that most language plug-ins use rules and exceptions specific
to the language to perform the conjugation as opposed to just lookup tables (like in books). Because of that, Conjugator does
not have clear way of telling existing from fake verbs (with the exception of predefined irregular verbs). This results in "correct" conjugation for any word that "sounds" like a verb according to the language rules, even if it actually isn't. Future program version will be able to identify all infinitives.
Irregular verbs are usually defined by a special look-up table. We do our best to keep those tables up-to-date, so if you find an omission, please let us know! |
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How to use it
Conjugation is performed based on a verb infinitive and for specific
tense. The output consists of 6 verbs (3 persons for single/plural
form).
Conjugating is a simple as that:
1. Download and install the shell program file and the
language plug-in you want;
2. Run the program and select language to conjugate in from
the drop-down list at the top of the main screen (if more than one
plug-ins are installed);
3. You may select a tense from the list of tenses you are
present. The first tense in the list is selected automatically. You
can change that selection at any time.
4. Enter
a verb infinitive in the "Inf." field. The program will be
updating the output list while you are typing!
5. If you want to copy specific conjugated form, tap on it to
select it and copy it to the clipboard. |
Processing information
Unknown Regular Verbs
At this point, the program doesn't make difference between
"right" and "wrong" regular verbs. As long as
the verb fits the lexical "pattern" of the language it
will be conjugated. At some point, Conjugator may be linked with
other programs like BDicty to validate the source verb.
Unknown Irregular verbs
Unlike the regular verbs, the plug-ins usually carry the table of
the irregular verbs for the language along with them and check your
entry against it. If the verb is found in that table, it will be
conjugated correctly. Otherwise, it will be treated as a regular
verb.
Tenses
The tool will display all supported tenses for the selected
language. Some of these tenses may be out of use in the modern use
of the language, others may be missing. Normally, there should not
be missing languages.
Impersonal and defective verbs
Impersonal verbs (those that only exist in the infinitive and 3rd
person singular) and defective verbs (where one or more tenses or
persons are not used) are shown correctly as far as possible.
However, authorities differ as to the details of these verbs and
some forms are technically possible but never used nowadays. |
Trial & Full versions
The shell program is free to download and use (see below). It
manages the common user interface and does not perform any
language-specific operations. For each language we have developed
conjugating support for, there is a file or set of files, that need
to be installed in addition to the shell program.
The downloadable modules are Trial
(demo) versions, which have some functional limitation. Most often,
this would be that certain tenses will not be supported. Instead,
when selected to perform conjugation, the output list will display
"DEMO" message. Upon purchasing the appropriate module,
users will be able to download the fully functional file(s) for the
language.
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Demo |
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Conjugator
Shell Module
(required for all others!) |
1.1 |
22 Jun 01 |
40 kB |
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English language plug-in, $8.00 |
1.2 |
01
Dec 01 |
15
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French language plug-in, $10.00 |
2.1 |
14 Feb 02 |
60
kB |
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German language plug-in, $10.00 |
1.1
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20 Feb 02 |
27
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Spanish language plug-in, $10.00 |
1.3 |
07 Oct 02 |
59
kB |
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English + French + German + Spanish, 38% discount: $24.00 |
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Italian language plug-in, $10.00 |
1.4 |
27 Nov 02 |
57 kB |
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Latin language plug-in |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Portuguese language plug-in, $10.00 |
1.0 |
29 May 02 |
25 kB |
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