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Conjugate Help

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DOCUMENTATION: CONJUGATE HELP

Click the 'Conjugate' tab .


SAVE TO FILE:
The 'Save To File' feature is a quick and easy way to save your verb conjugations and translations to a plain text file . Simply click the 'Save To File' button, select a file name to save to, and click 'Ok' . Your verb conjugation and translation information for the select verb will be saved for your future reference .


SEARCH-ON-DEMAND:
With the 'Search-On-Demand' feature enabled, Pythoñol's conjugation and translation abilities are greatly increased . It is recommened that you leave the 'Search-On-Demand' feature enabled (or checked) to take advantage of Pythoñol's full capabilities . With 'Search-On-Demand' enabled, it is possible to conjugate Spanish verbs which are NOT in their infinitive form . In addition, if the term you enter cannot be conjugated as a Spanish verb, Pythoñol will allow you to chose a verb from the best matches in the dictionary, making real-time English-to-Spanish translation possible . Without the 'Search-On-Demand' feature enabled, only Spanish verb infinitives can be conjugated, and the dictionary is not searched if the term you enter cannot be conjugated as a Spanish verb .


VERB FAMILY:
Sometimes, a Spanish verb may be part of a 'verb family' . A 'verb family' is a group of Spanish verbs which are all either conjugated according to a common conjugation rule, or have related meanings . For example, the verbs 'conocer' and 'desconocer' are conjugated according to a common conjugation rule and have meanings which are related to one another . Clicking the 'Verb Family' button will show the 'verb family' for the current verb, if such a 'family' does exist for that verb .


VERB FIELD:
The 'Verb:' text field is where you type in the verb or term you wish to have conjugated (and translated) . You can also select previously used verbs and terms from the drop-down list . The drop-down list stores a 'history' of up to 30 previously used verbs and terms .


CONJUGATE BUTTON:
Clicking the 'CONJUGATE!' button tells Pythoñol to attempt to conjugate and translate the verb or term you have entered in the 'Verb:' field (described above) .


SPANISH LETTERS TOOLBAR:
The Spanish Letters Toolbar contains several commonly-used, accented Spanish letters, not generally found on standard American keyboards . Clicking one of the letters on the Spanish Letters Toolbar will insert that accented letter into the 'Verb:' text field at the cursor position . This feature has been provided to help eliminate the need for an external 'character map' application .


CONJUGATING A VERB OR TERM:
The steps to conjugating a verb or term are very simple:

1 . Type in the verb or term you wish to have conjugated and translated into the 'Verb:' text field, or select a previously used verb or term from the drop-down list .

2 . Use the Spanish Letters Toolbar , as needed, to insert accented Spanish letters into the 'Verb:' text field .

3 . Make sure that 'Search-On-Demand' is checked (recommended) . If you know that the verb you have entered is a Spanish infinitive and do not want the dictionary searched (as-needed), leave 'Search-On-Demand' unchecked .

4 . Click the 'CONJUGATE!' button . If you verb was able to be immediately conjugated as-is, the appropriate conjugations and translations will appear immediately in the window . Otherwise, a couple self-explanatory, assistive dialog boxes may appear to provide help in conjugating your verb or term . If conjugation and translation failed completely, an error message will appear in the window .

5 . If you wish to save the conjugations and translations for this verb to a file, click the 'Save To File' button, enter a file name, and click 'Ok' . Your verb conjugation and translation information for the selected verb will be saved for your future reference .

6 . If you are running a Linux/Unix version of Pythoñol, and have an LRPng/LPR-based spooler system on your computer, you may print the results by clicking 'File' -> 'Print...' on the Pythoñol main menu . (Sorry, Windows users!) See 'Help' --> 'Help...' on the menu for more information on printing in Pythoñol .

If you have the Festival text-to-speech extension installed and usable, you may hear the words pronounced by clicking the light blue 'Play' button, generally located to the left of your screen . Click 'Help' -> 'Festival Text-to-Speech Help...' on the menu for more information .

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