Verb tables screen is the core of the verb conjugation part of Verbix. It is shown in the picture below.
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Conjugating verbs is straight-forward:
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In the conjugation table, the tenses are encoded with different colors. This helps to easier see the possible irregularities of the tenses. In the previous picture, for instance, tenses are shown both in black and red. (Also see screen options)
| Color | Function |
| black | Regular form. This is the default color for verb tenses. |
| red | Irregular form. |
| blue | Form with minor changes in ortography. |
| Purple | Obsolete or archaic form. |
| Gray | Non-existent (hypothetic) form. |
| Green | Used for pronouns, not verbs. |
Verbix lets you choose the tense to show from a drop-down box. See the picture below.
Verbix includes translations for many common verbs. These are shown in the translation box.
In the example below, the active verb is 'tener'. Its English equivalent is 'have'. In Swedish there are many possible translations shown.
Many languages form tenses with the help of the past participle. To know, how to form these tenses, the student has to know, if the past participle is regular or not. Therefore Verbix shows the irregular past participles in those languages, where the info is relevant.
When encountering a verb from the litterature, it is seldom in the infinitive. Verbix helps to find the possible infinitive(s) from any tense entered.
In the example below, the user has entered the Spanish word 'puesto'. Verbix suggests that the infinitive is either 'poner' or 'postar' (both of these are correct!). Now the user can conjugate the verb by clicking it, doing so the screen is switched to the Conjugation tables.
