zondag 2 augustus 2009

Dutch Verb Conjugation 3

As described in my previous post, I am developing a Dutch verb conjugator that generates verb forms for the simple present and simple past based on basic verb information, e.g. aandrijven - dreef aan - heeft aangedreven.

The software is currently able to conjugate all regular verbs (available at www.muiswerk.nl).

I also added functionality to correct and save verb information. This is necessary because Dutch has quite a few irregular verbs, i.e. verbs for which it is impossible to derive all conjugated forms.



For example, the verb aankunnen is described with the following basic information:
aankunnen - kon aan - heeft aangekund

The conjugation of the verb for the simple present is:
1st person, singular: kan aan
2th person, singular: kan aan
3th person, singular: kan aan
1st person, plural: kunnen aan
2th person, plural: kunnen aan
3th person, plural: kunnen aan

The conjugation of the verb for the simple past is:
1st person, singular: kon aan
2th person, singular: kon aan
3th person, singular: kon aan
1st person, plural: konden aan
2th person, plural: konden aan
3th person, plural: konden aan

This example shows that the conjugation of the simple present and simple past of the verb aankunnen does not follow the normal conjugation rules.

Currently, I am correcting and saving the conjugated forms for the verbs available at www.muiswerk.nl. Once that is done, I will develop the Dutch verb lemmatizer.

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