Linguistics::EN::

Conjugation

module
Extended With
Loggability

This file contains functions for conjugating verbs.

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$Id: conjugation.rb,v 08d2e43206b3 2015/03/12 20:32:17 ged $

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Public Instance Methods

anchor
conjugate( tense, person=nil )

Conjugate the receiving string as an infinitive with the specified tense and person.

# File lib/linguistics/en/conjugation.rb, line 97
def conjugate( tense, person=nil )
        self.log.debug "Conjugating %p in %s tense, %s person" %
                [ self.to_s, tense, person || "any" ]
        person ||= :*
        verb = self.to_s.downcase

        if result = get_irregular( verb, person, tense )
                self.log.debug "  verb %p is irregular: %p" % [ verb, result ]
                return result
        end

        self.log.debug "  regular verb: conjugating by tense"
        return case tense
                when :present
                        conjugate_present( verb, person )
                when :present_participle
                        conjugate_present_participle( verb )
                when :past
                        conjugate_past( verb )
                when :past_participle
                        conjugate_past_participle( verb )
                else
                        verb
                end
end
anchor
past_participle( person=nil )

Return the past participle of the word

# File lib/linguistics/en/conjugation.rb, line 77
def past_participle( person=nil )
        return self.conjugate( :past_participle, person )
end
anchor
past_tense( person=nil )

Return the past tense of the word

# File lib/linguistics/en/conjugation.rb, line 71
def past_tense( person=nil )
        return self.conjugate( :past, person )
end
anchor
present_participle( person=nil )

Return the present participle of the word

# File lib/linguistics/en/conjugation.rb, line 89
def present_participle( person=nil )
        return self.conjugate( :present_participle, person )
end
anchor
present_tense( person=nil )

Return the present tense of the word

# File lib/linguistics/en/conjugation.rb, line 83
def present_tense( person=nil )
        return self.conjugate( :present, person )
end