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Verbs

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"

Installation

gem install verbs

Options

This library takes a rather strict view of English verb conjugation.

`:tense`

One of :past, :present, or :future. Defaults to :present.

`:person`

One of :first, :second, or :third. Defaults to :third.

`:plurality`

Either :singular or :plural. Defaults to :singular.

`:aspect`

One of :habitual, :perfect, :perfective, :progressive, or :prospective. Defaults to :habitual (:perfective for past tense).

See below for a guide to verb aspect.

`:mood`

One of :indicative, :imperative, or :subjunctive. Defaults to :indicative.

`:subject`

Set this to a string to prepend the conjugated verb with it. When set to true, a standard personal pronoun will be used.

`:diathesis`

One of :active or :passive. Defaults to :active.

Tense/aspect quick reference

EXAMPLE	TENSE	ASPECT
I used to accept	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