//
private IEnumerable <Verb> GetTestVerbs()
{
Inflections inflections = new Inflections();
inflections.Yo = "abro";
inflections.El = "abre";
inflections.Tu = "abres";
inflections.Ellos = "abren";
inflections.Nos = "abremos";
inflections.Vos = "abreis";
var verb = new Verb();
//verb.Name = "abrir";
verb.Modo = "Indicativo";
verb.Tense = "Presente";
verb.Inflections = inflections;
yield return(verb);
}
/// <summary>Stub. Get the proper inflection for the passed-in verb, which is presumably in its root form.</summary>
public static string FormOf(this string verb, Inflections inflection)
{
// first of all, for the verb "is", handle it separately
// (note that "is" does exist in the FindVerb list as the first element, but it's obviously missing a few forms)
if (new List <string> {
"is", "are", "am", "be", "was", "were", "being", "been"
}.Contains(verb))
{
switch (inflection)
{
case Inflections.root: return("were"); // whatever
case Inflections.infinitive: return("to be");
case Inflections.singular: return("is");
case Inflections.plural: return("are");
case Inflections.past: return("was"); // one of them, anyway
case Inflections.present_participal: return("being");
case Inflections.past_participal: return("been");
default: return("am");
}
}
// second, is it one of the irregular ones that have all five forms?
fiveforms f5 = FindVerb(verb);
if (f5 != null)
{
switch (inflection)
{
case Inflections.singular: return(f5.singular);
case Inflections.plural: return(f5.plural);
case Inflections.past: return(f5.past);
case Inflections.present_participal: return(f5._ing);
case Inflections.past_participal: return(f5._en);
}
}
// for now, make stuff up
switch (inflection)
{
case Inflections.root: return(verb); // used for the imperative invocation
case Inflections.infinitive: return("to " + verb); // used for the infinitive definition
case Inflections.singular: return(verb + "s"); // used for relations
case Inflections.plural: return(verb); // used for relations
case Inflections.past: return(verb + "ed");
case Inflections.present_participal: return(verb + "ing"); // used for continuous tense & for gerund (noun phrase)
case Inflections.past_participal: return(verb + "n"); // used for perfect tense & for adjective
}
return(verb);
}
