German Verb Quarry 1.2 is intended to help you learn conjugation of German verbs.

The first thing to understand is that the Verb11Data.txt file must reside in the same folder as the executable.  For example, if the executable is in the Desktop folder, a copy of the Verb11Data.txt file must be there too.

This version includes a Trim utility with which you can trim down the data file.  Look in the 'utility' folder, where there is a separate ReadMe file.

How to edit the Verb12Data.txt file is something you will want to know if you plan on correcting, changing, adding or deleting verb entries.  Each section of the file which covers a particular verb contains 395 lines.  It is important that this spacing remain unaltered; otherwise, a small message box appears when you start the Quarry telling you that the total file length is incorrect.

The first line of each verb section begins with the words 'reflexive,' 'separable,' 'nonseparable', or 'duo'.  The program looks at the first letters ('r', 's', 'n', 'd') to decide how to present the verb forms.  The second line of the verb section begins with one of the letters: 'w', 's', 'm', 'd', or 'i', designating 'Weak', 'Strong', 'Mixed', 'Modal', or 'Irregular'.  The third line of the verb section sometimes begins with one of the numbers: '2', '3', or '4', referring to the number of possible participle forms.  Nothing else in the first 30 columns of the data is regarded, and these 30 columns are all obliterated when the data is loaded.

The used data, the target text, is recognizable because it is all justified against column 31.  Whatever is put in this area is likely to show up somewhere, sometime.  If you are adding a new verb, use a section of a similar verb type as a model.  The effect of changes to existing text should become obvious upon operating the program.  Humble apologies are offered for errors which may exist in the data.

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