Template:ca-conj/documentation

Usage
This template creates a conjugation table for all Catalan verbs.

This template should be placed in a conjugation section, headed by a ====Conjugation==== section header. The template automatically categorizes the entry into the appropriate Catalan verb subcategory (e.g. Category:Catalan first conjugation verbs). If the verb has consonant alternations, it will be categorized appropriately (e.g. or Category:Catalan verbs with g-gu alternation), and if the verb is irregular, it will be categorized into Category:Catalan irregular verbs.

Basic usage
This template has no required parameters. For nearly all verbs, both regular and irregular, no parameters are necessary. In particular, the module knows how to conjugate all irregular verbs.

You can also specify the verb explicitly, e.g., or just e.g. if no indicators need to be given. This is useful to conjugate a verb that is different from the pagename of the entry in question, e.g. to give the conjugation of the verb on the page.

Regular verbs, including those with consonant alternations
1. The verb is fully regular. Use as follows:

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2. The verb is regular other than having a predictable spelling change to gu in various forms. This is handled automatically, so no parameters are needed. Use as follows:

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3. The verb is regular other than having a predictable addition of a diaeresis over the i (i.e. ï) in certain forms, such as the first-person plural present indicative distribuïm. This is handled automatically, so no parameters are needed. Use as follows:

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Irregular verbs
The module knows how to conjugate all irregular verbs, including compounds such as and, and no parameters are needed for them.

1. For example, the verb has various irregularities: present tense, preterite , past participle , imperative , etc. Specify simply as follows:

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2. The verb has two conjugations in the present indicative and subjunctive, e.g. third person singular acudeix or acut. These tend to be used differently according to the meaning, with acudeix usually used in the sense "to attend" and acut in the sense "to come to mind". The module knows about this, so specify simply as follows:

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Here, a footnote is automatically added to indicate the different usages.

Defective verbs
Certain verbs are defective, i.e. are missing some forms. Indicators are available to specify this. For example, the verb is an impersonal verb, with only 3rd-person singular verbs and no imperative. Specify as follows:

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Here,  means "only third-person singular".

Variant conjugations
A few verbs can be conjugated in more than one fashion depending on the meaning. Specify as follows:


 * 1)  means either "to cook" (past participle cuit) or "to sting" (past participle cogut). Specify this using a variant indicator, specifically  or .
 * 2)  is either an auxiliary verb used to form perfect tenses, or a full verb with the meaning "to possess". These uses are conjugated differently; in both cases the conjugations are highly irregular. Specify this using a variant indicator as above, specifically  or .
 * 3)  is conjugated either a regular inchoative -ir verb meaning "to display; to be popular/successful ", or an irregular "pure -ir" verb meaning "to shine". Specify the latter with no parameters, i.e. ca-conj, and the former using . Here, the  indicator specifies that the special handling as an irregular ("built-in") verb should be disregarded, and the verb conjugated regularly.

Parameters
The allowed parameters are as follows:


 * 1
 * Optional specification of the verb and/or indicators controlling unpredictable parts of the conjugation. See above.

Multiword expressions
For multiword expressions, place angle brackets after the verb(s) needing conjugation, with any indicators inside angle brackets as needed. This is not actually necessary if there is only a single verb that is the first word of the expression, as is common.

1. For example, for the idiom, both of the following work and are equivalent:

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2. The expression has more than one conjugated verb. Place angle brackets after each:

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3. Normally, each word (including the verb) is autolinked separately. You can override the linking behavior by explicitly specifying links, as in, which can be written as follows:

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In this case, the singular of is explicitly linked. The verb does not explicitly need a link, however, because verbs and uninflected portions of the expression are autolinked separately.