Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1993-11.adf » !StarInfo_StarInfo » !Verbs/!Help
!Verbs/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1993-11.adf » !StarInfo_StarInfo |
| Filename: | !Verbs/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 046A bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Verbs by Chris Allen The Irregular French Verb Utility This application takes most of the boredom of looking up irregular french verbs while you are writing an essay. It runs in Risc OS and when you double-click on the icon it loads up a window which contains many icons. The French icon lets you type in an irregular French verb (like 'aller') and when you press return the program searches for it. If you do not know the French, but no the english (like 'to go'), you type that into the English icon, the program will then search for it. If you just want to browse through the verbs you can do so with the arrow icons. There are about 50 verbs in its memory. Once it has found a verb the program will display some of the verb's tenses (present, perfect and imperfect) it will also show how it changes with the subject (je, tu, il, elle etc.). This is all displayed in the table in the window. Some verbs bring up a notice at the bottom of the window. If you click on this message the program will automatically go to the verb mentioned. To quit the program simply close the window or quit it from the task display window.
00000000 56 65 72 62 73 20 62 79 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 41 |Verbs by Chris A| 00000010 6c 6c 65 6e 0a 54 68 65 20 49 72 72 65 67 75 6c |llen.The Irregul| 00000020 61 72 20 46 72 65 6e 63 68 20 56 65 72 62 20 55 |ar French Verb U| 00000030 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 |tility ..This ap| 00000040 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 |plication takes | 00000050 6d 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 72 65 |most of the bore| 00000060 64 6f 6d 20 6f 66 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 75 |dom of looking u| 00000070 70 20 69 72 72 65 67 75 6c 61 72 0a 66 72 65 6e |p irregular.fren| 00000080 63 68 20 76 65 72 62 73 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 79 |ch verbs while y| 00000090 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 20 61 |ou are writing a| 000000a0 6e 20 65 73 73 61 79 2e 20 49 74 20 72 75 6e 73 |n essay. It runs| 000000b0 20 69 6e 20 52 69 73 63 20 4f 53 20 61 6e 64 0a | in Risc OS and.| 000000c0 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d |when you double-| 000000d0 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f |click on the ico| 000000e0 6e 20 69 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 75 70 20 61 20 |n it loads up a | 000000f0 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 6f 6e |window which con| 00000100 74 61 69 6e 73 0a 6d 61 6e 79 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 |tains.many icons| 00000110 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 46 72 65 6e 63 68 20 69 63 |...The French ic| 00000120 6f 6e 20 6c 65 74 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 79 70 65 |on lets you type| 00000130 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 20 69 72 72 65 67 75 6c 61 72 | in an irregular| 00000140 20 46 72 65 6e 63 68 20 76 65 72 62 20 28 6c 69 | French verb (li| 00000150 6b 65 0a 27 61 6c 6c 65 72 27 29 20 61 6e 64 20 |ke.'aller') and | 00000160 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 72 |when you press r| 00000170 65 74 75 72 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |eturn the progra| 00000180 6d 20 73 65 61 72 63 68 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 69 |m searches for i| 00000190 74 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 0a 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 |t. If you.do not| 000001a0 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 65 6e 63 68 | know the French| 000001b0 2c 20 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e 67 |, but no the eng| 000001c0 6c 69 73 68 20 28 6c 69 6b 65 20 27 74 6f 20 67 |lish (like 'to g| 000001d0 6f 27 29 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 74 79 70 65 0a 74 68 |o'), you type.th| 000001e0 61 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 45 6e 67 6c |at into the Engl| 000001f0 69 73 68 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 |ish icon, the pr| 00000200 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |ogram will then | 00000210 73 65 61 72 63 68 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 2e 20 49 |search for it. I| 00000220 66 0a 79 6f 75 20 6a 75 73 74 20 77 61 6e 74 20 |f.you just want | 00000230 74 6f 20 62 72 6f 77 73 65 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 |to browse throug| 00000240 68 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 62 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |h the verbs you | 00000250 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 73 6f 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |can do so with t| 00000260 68 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 0a 69 63 6f 6e 73 2e 20 |he arrow.icons. | 00000270 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 |There are about | 00000280 35 30 20 76 65 72 62 73 20 69 6e 20 69 74 73 20 |50 verbs in its | 00000290 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2e 20 0a 0a 4f 6e 63 65 20 69 |memory. ..Once i| 000002a0 74 20 68 61 73 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 76 65 |t has found a ve| 000002b0 72 62 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 |rb the program w| 000002c0 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 73 6f 6d 65 |ill display some| 000002d0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 62 27 73 0a 74 | of the verb's.t| 000002e0 65 6e 73 65 73 20 28 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 2c 20 |enses (present, | 000002f0 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6d 70 65 |perfect and impe| 00000300 72 66 65 63 74 29 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 |rfect) it will a| 00000310 6c 73 6f 20 73 68 6f 77 20 68 6f 77 20 69 74 0a |lso show how it.| 00000320 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 |changes with the| 00000330 20 73 75 62 6a 65 63 74 20 28 6a 65 2c 20 74 75 | subject (je, tu| 00000340 2c 20 69 6c 2c 20 65 6c 6c 65 20 65 74 63 2e 29 |, il, elle etc.)| 00000350 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 6c 6c 0a 64 69 |. This is all.di| 00000360 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 |splayed in the t| 00000370 61 62 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 |able in the wind| 00000380 6f 77 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 20 76 65 72 62 73 20 62 |ow. Some verbs b| 00000390 72 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 61 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 |ring up a notice| 000003a0 20 61 74 0a 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6f | at.the bottom o| 000003b0 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 49 66 |f the window. If| 000003c0 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 | you click on th| 000003d0 69 73 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 |is message the p| 000003e0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 75 74 6f |rogram.will auto| 000003f0 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 67 6f 20 74 6f 20 |matically go to | 00000400 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 62 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e |the verb mention| 00000410 65 64 2e 20 0a 0a 54 6f 20 71 75 69 74 20 74 68 |ed. ..To quit th| 00000420 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 |e program simply| 00000430 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f | close the windo| 00000440 77 20 6f 72 20 71 75 69 74 20 69 74 20 66 72 6f |w or quit it fro| 00000450 6d 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 0a 64 69 73 70 6c |m the task.displ| 00000460 61 79 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e |ay window.| 0000046a
.