Use this dialog if you want to make your own verb list or if you want to append some new verbs to an existing verb list. Here you can enter the infinitive of the spanish verb and its meaning in a foreign language. Important is, that you tell the program if it is a regular verb or one of the spanish group verbs or an irregular one. If it is irregular you have to enter the irregular forms, too. Be careful with this dialog and the verb forms you enter because the program uses this data to generate forms automatically.
Some of the Edit boxes where you can enter the verb information. There are similar Edit Boxes for the gerund and participle form and all the other forms if needed.
With this Combo Box you select which type of verb you have entered. Do this carfully because it is important information for the program to do its work properly.
The Spanish language knows three types of regular conjugation. These are the conjugation pattern for the verbs ending on -er, -ar, and -ir. A lot of verbs are not regular in all forms but they aren't completely irregular. This verbs are called group verbs and can be divided in several groups. The program can generate the forms for the regular verbs and the ones for the group verbs itself. It only needs the information to which group the verb belongs. Other verbs are irregular and the irregular forms have to be entered. Select the group in the Combo Box.
Chose this if it is a completely regular verb of one of the patterns -ar, -er or -ir.
Select this if the verbs doesn't belong to one of the groups described below. The Tab View will be activated and you can enter all the irregular forms.
Chose this for stem changing verbs where the e in the stem changes to ie.
Chose this for stem changing verbs where the o in the stem changes to ue.
Chose this for stem changing verbs where the u in the stem changes to ue.
Chose this for stem changing verbs where the e in the stem changes to i.
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If a “c” comes before an “e” the “c” changes to “qu”. Examples: colocar, atacar
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If a “g” comes before an “e” the “g” changes to “gu”. Example: pagar
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If a “z” comes before an “e” the “z” changes to “c”. Examples: cazar, alzar
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If a “gu” comes before an “e” the “gu” changes to “gu”. Example: averiguar
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If a “c” comes before an “o” or “a” the “c” changes to “z”. Examples: vencer, zurcir
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If a “g” comes before an “o” or “a” the “g” changes to “j”. Examples: coger, dirigir
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If “gu” comes before an “o” or “a” the “gu” changes to “g”. Example: distinguir
A verb with orthografic irregularity. If “qu” comes before an “o” or “a” the “qu” changes to “c”. Example: delinquir
A verb where the accent changes in some forms. Example: enviar
A verb where the accent changes in some forms. Example: continuar
Some verbs lose the instressed “i” in some forms. Examples: taner, grunir, bullir
If you enter an irregular verb the tab view will be activated and you can select the tab with the irregular forms.
You have entered some incorrect information and want to delete them. With this button you can wipe out the data in the Edit box of one single tab.
This buttons insert the displayed spanish characters to the Edit box that has the focus. Often these characters cannot be entered with the keyboard.
You want to wipe out all information in all Edit Boxes on all tabs. Then use this button.
Selects the verb before the actual verb in the verb list into the dialog. You can read an change the information for this verb. If the actual verb is the first one then the last one is loaded into the dialog.
Selects the verb behind the actual verb in the verb list into the dialog. You can read an change the information for this verb. If the actual verb is the last one then the first one is loaded.
Closes the dialog and returns to the main program or the Edit Verblist Dialog depending from where the dialog was opened.
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