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- Multi-Tense Non-Multi-Tasking French Verb Tester - April 1995
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- I'm happy to issue this as >>>> FREEWARE - just don't delete my name or initials.
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- >>> Enquiries/Comments/Praise to
- Graham Campbell : 30 Old Way : Hathern : Leics. : LE12 5HN
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- Runs on RiscPC / Network / RiscOS 2 or 3 / Any version of Arm - tested AOK
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- This is a no-frills French verb-testing program.
- It unashamedly asks for French translations of English verb forms.
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- eg using PARTIR how would you say 'we set off (m.)'
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- rather than :
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- 'What is the nous form perfect tense masculine plural of PARTIR?' (!)
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- The Verb_Data is stored in Text_Files in the 'TenseFiles' directory.
- A DrawFile containing a function key strip for accented characters is in
- the directory called 'Extras' inside the application.
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- You can make a 'formatted-text' file of any tense/mood available
- (for word-processor printing)by choosing this option from the main menu.
- A file is made then in RAM.
- I've called MemAlloc in the !RUN file to set aside a minimal 32K RAM in case
- none is configured on the host computer.
- If you always have some RAM configured, you make like to delete the appropriate lines.
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- I've put a blank page for !Style or !Publisher in 'Extras' to load the file into.
- You may need to play with the ruler settings slightly. It also loads very well into
- !PipeDream, with columns A-D set at about 26 width, for the compound tenses.
- The TSV nature of the file makes it ideal for this.
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- If you want to test yourself on verb forms in the NEGATIVE, choose the NEGATIVE option
- from the first (main) menu and proceed from there. Similarly, if you want print-outs
- or printed tests in the NEGATIVE. If you miss opting for it then, you'll have to
- re-run the programme.
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- # Feel free to add more verbs to the Data Files inside the application.
- # You can also create some TopicFiles (I've done some deliberately inadequate demos)
- # or your own personal verb files. Place these files in the 'My_Files' directory.
- # These would be selected from the Menu using the 'M' option for loading 'M'ade-up files.
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- Follow the obvious file structure.
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- - Use a Text Editor - (!Edit, !Zap etc.)
- - A newly-introduced infin. has an asterisk before it.
- - Verb paradigms are in lower case (see below)
- - Follow it with as many or as few data lines as you wish.
- - The file must end with a single carriage return after the meaning.
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- Lower-case accents are program-specific (not ASCII)
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- If you want to see as you type, double click on the program Fr_Chars
- To UN_French_Char your screen double click on Un_Fr_Char!
- >> These two 'programs' are in the 'Extras' Directory.
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- @ = à
- ] = â (a circumflex)
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- \ = ç
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- { = é
- } = è
- [ = ê (e circumflex)
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- ~ = î
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- # = ô
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- $ = û (u circumflex)
- * = ù
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- Instead of using the functions keys, you can - of course - use these keys
- when inputting during a test. The { and } are particularly useful to get the hang of.
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- Just added (21.iv.95) is the facility for printing out written tests.
- Choose option 'A' from the first menu and follow the prompts.
- The TextFile produced in RAM can be dragged onto a RiscOS Printer Driver.
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- As a final afterthought, I've placed a small file called 'Phrases' in 'My_Files'.
- Though the on-screen heading still says it's a Verb Test (!) it is possible to
- use the program to test previously mugged-up phrases or vocabulary.
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- I have stand alone versions of each tense if you would like.
- Send a disk and sufficient return postage and they're yours by return!
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