Example Usage¶

Quick Reference¶

Inflex provides three objects, which contain the following most important methods:

Let’s introduce a running example:

>>> noun = Noun("brother")

singular: Return the singular form of this noun.
```
>>> noun.singular()
"brother"
```
plural: Return the plural form of this noun.
```
>>> noun.plural()
"brothers"
```
lemma: Return the lemma for this noun, identical to singular.
is_singular: Return whether this noun is singular.
```
>>> noun.is_singular()
True
```
is_plural: Return whether this noun is plural.
```
>>> noun.is_plural()
False
```
classical / unassimilated: Return a ClassicalNoun instance, which is a subclass of Noun, but with classical conversions instead.
```
>>> noun.classical().plural()
"brethren"
```

as_regex: Return a re.Pattern which matches any inflected form of the word.

>>> noun.as_regex()
re.compile('brothers|brother|brethren', re.IGNORECASE)

indef_article: Return the correct indefinite article (‘a’ or ‘an’) for word.
```
>>> noun.indef_article()
"a"
```

indefinite: Prepend ‘a’ or ‘an’ or the number to the correct form of this Noun.

>>> noun.indefinite(count = 1)
"a brother"
>>> noun.indefinite(count = 3)
'3 brothers'

Verb

Let’s introduce a running example:

>>> verb = Verb("fly")

singular: Return the singular form of this verb.
```
>>> verb.singular()
"flies"
```
plural: Return the plural form of this verb.
```
>>> verb.plural()
"fly"
```
past: Return the past form of this verb.
```
>>> verb.past()
"flew"
```
pres_part: Return the present participle form of this verb.
```
>>> verb.pres_part()
"flying"
```
past_part: Return the past participle form of this verb.
```
>>> verb.past_part()
"flown"
```
lemma: Return the lemma for this noun, identical to plural.
is_singular: Return whether this verb is in singular form.
```
>>> verb.is_singular()
False
```
is_plural: Return whether this verb is in plural form.
```
>>> verb.is_plural()
True
```
is_past: Return whether this verb is in past form.
```
>>> verb.is_past()
False
```
is_pres_part: Return whether this verb is in present participle form.
```
>>> verb.is_pres_part()
False
```
is_past_part: Return whether this verb is in past participle form.
```
>>> verb.is_past_part()
False
```

as_regex: Return a re.Pattern which matches any inflected form of the word.

>>> verb.as_regex()
re.compile('flying|fly|flown|flies|flew', re.IGNORECASE)

Adjective

Let’s introduce a running example:

>>> adj = Adjective("pretty")

singular: Return the singular form of this adjective.
```
>>> adj.singular()
"pretty"
```
plural: Return the plural form of this adjective.
```
>>> adj.plural()
"pretty"
```
comparative: Return the comparative form of this adjective.
```
>>> adj.singular()
"prettier"
```
superlative: Return the superlative form of this adjective.
```
>>> adj.singular()
"prettiest"
```
is_singular: Return whether this adjective is in singular form.
```
>>> adj.is_singular()
True
```
is_plural: Return whether this adjective is in plural form.
```
>>> adj.is_singular()
True
```
as_regex: Return a re.Pattern which matches any inflected form of the word. (Only plural and singular)
```
>>> adj.as_regex()
re.compile('pretty', re.IGNORECASE)
```

This quick reference is not exhaustive, but does cover the most important functionality supported by Inflex. Feel free to look at the full API Reference for more detailed information.