Verbs

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