English Verbs Support

This is the documentation for 1.17.1 version, which is not the latest version. Consider upgrading to 3.4.0.

English conjugations are made with english-verbs-helper lib. Available tenses are:

  • simple tenses:

    • SIMPLE_PAST (or PAST)

    • SIMPLE_PRESENT (or PRESENT - which is also the default value)

    • SIMPLE_FUTURE (or FUTURE)

  • progressive tenses:

    • PROGRESSIVE_PAST

    • PROGRESSIVE_PRESENT

    • PROGRESSIVE_FUTURE

  • perfect tenses:

    • PERFECT_PAST

    • PERFECT_PRESENT

    • PERFECT_FUTURE

  • perfect progressive tenses:

    • PERFECT_PROGRESSIVE_PAST

    • PERFECT_PROGRESSIVE_PRESENT

    • PERFECT_PROGRESSIVE_FUTURE

Irregular preterits and past participles are managed, as well as irregular gerunds (gather ⇒ gathering while defer ⇒ deferring).

For SIMPLE_FUTURE, you can add { GOING_TO: true } to trigger the going to form; default is { WILL: true }.