Verbs (pre-alpha)

English verb conjugation in Elixir.

Conjugates most common English verbs for all persons, tenses, standard aspects, and modern moods (with active diathesis). Standard and exceptional spelling rules are obeyed.

Verbs.conjugate :be, :tense => "past", :person => "second", :plurality => "singular"
iex> "were"

Verb.conjugate "sleep" :tense => "future", :person => "first", :plurality => "singular"
"will sleep"

Installation

Add this line to your mix.exs dependencies:

{ :dep_from_git, git: https://github.com/shannonwells/verbs.git, tag: "0.1.0"},

'Options'

The options are currently not optional; tense, person and plurality are required. Option values must be strings.

:tense past, present, future.

:person first, second, third

:plurality singular, plural

Not yet implemented

:aspect habitual, perfect, perfective, progressive, prospective See below for a guide to verb aspect.

:mood - indicative, imperative, subjunctive

Tense/aspect quick reference

EXAMPLE                   TENSE    ASPECT

I accepted                past     perfective
I had accepted            past     perfect
I was accepting           past     progressive
I usually accepted        past     habitual
I was about to accept     past     prospective

I accept                  present  habitual
I have accepted           present  perfect
I am accepting            present  progressive
I am about to accept      present  prospective

I will accept             future   habitual
I will have accepted      future   perfect
I will be accepting       future   progressive
I will be about to accept future   prospective

Acknowledgements

(Andy Rossmeissl - rossmeissl/verbs)[https://github.com/rossmeissl/verbs]
(Lingua::Conjugate)[http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RWG/Lingua-EN-Conjugate-0.308/lib/Lingua/EN/Conjugate.pm]
(Pat Byrd and Tom McKlin)[http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/pluralsv.htm]
(Rick Harrison)[http://www.rickharrison.com/language/aspect.html]
(Anatoli Makarevich)[https://github.com/makaroni4] for (#6)[rossmeissl/verbs#6]