[Zaf-commit] SF.net SVN: zaf:[9764] trunk/dict/zu/hunspell/zu_aff.py

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Revision: 9764
          http://zaf.svn.sourceforge.net/zaf/?rev=9764&view=rev
Author:   friedelwolff
Date:     2009-05-25 17:02:16 +0000 (Mon, 25 May 2009)

Log Message:
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Don't allow zero prefixes to be added to verbs to mark them as imperatives. This solves a few problems (perhaps temporarily) with passive verbs being allowed unaltered as imperatives.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/dict/zu/hunspell/zu_aff.py

Modified: trunk/dict/zu/hunspell/zu_aff.py
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--- trunk/dict/zu/hunspell/zu_aff.py	2009-05-25 16:54:21 UTC (rev 9763)
+++ trunk/dict/zu/hunspell/zu_aff.py	2009-05-25 17:02:16 UTC (rev 9764)
@@ -556,7 +556,14 @@
         #infinitive + -sa- progressive aspectual morpheme
         verb_rules(infixes, affix="ukusa"+morpheme, morphology="INFINITIVE_PROG_with_OBJ", continuation_classes=[locative_e_ini, noun])
 
-    infixes.add_rule(affix="", condition="[^aeiou]", morphology="IMPERATIVE", continuation_classes=[imperative])
+    # TODO: check for a better way to do imperatives. Currently we demand the
+    # imperative suffix to allow the zero prefix, so that we can flag passives
+    # with needaffix without this zero rule applying.
+    # So currently we have thanda/needaffix in the dictionary, and this rule
+    # without circumfix=True and needaffix=True causes an unchanged passive to
+    # be seen as a valid imperative.
+    infixes.add_rule(affix="", condition="[^aeiou]", circumfix=True, needaffix=True, morphology="IMPERATIVE", continuation_classes=[imperative])
+    # This could possibly still form incorrect passive imperatives:
     infixes.add_rule(affix="y", condition="[aeiou]", morphology="IMPERATIVE", continuation_classes=[imperative])
 
     past_indicative.add_rule(affix="e", strip="a", morphology="RECENT_PAST_IND_SHORT")


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