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::Conjugator.conjugate :be, :tense => :past, :person => :second, :plurality => :singular, :aspect => :perfective => :were >> 'be nice'.verb.conjugate :subject => 'Matz' => "Matz is nice" >> :sleep.verb.conjugate :tense => :future, :person => :first, :plurality => :singular, :aspect => :progressive, :subject => true => :"I will be sleeping"
gem install verbs
This library takes a rather strict view of English verb conjugation.
One of :past
, :present
, or :future
. Defaults to :present
.
One of :first
, :second
, or :third
. Defaults to :third
.
Either :singular
or :plural
. Defaults to :singular
.
One of :habitual
, :perfect
, :perfective
, :progressive
, or :prospective
. Defaults to :habitual
.
See below for a guide to verb aspect.
One of :indicative
, :imperative
, or :subjunctive
. Defaults to :indicative
.
Set this to a string to prepend the conjugated verb with it. When set to true
, a standard personal pronoun will be used.
EXAMPLE TENSE ASPECT I usually accepted past habitual I had accepted past perfect I accepted past perfective I was accepting past progressive I was about to accept past prospective I accept present habitual I have accepted present perfect I am having accepted present perfective 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 having accepted future perfective I will be accepting future progressive I will be about to accept future prospective
Copyright © 2012 Andy Rossmeissl. See LICENSE for details.