french-determiners v5.3.0

french-determiners

A simple Node.js module that contains French determiners.

For instance le is the definite article for masculine singular.

It exposes a single function, getDet, that takes as argument an object of type:

{
  detType: DetType;
  genderOwned: Genders;
  numberOwned: Numbers;
  numberOwner?: Numbers;
  personOwner?: Persons;
  adjectiveAfterDet?: boolean;
  contentAfterDet?: string;
  forceDes?: boolean;
}

where

• detType: determiner type (string, mandatory): DEFINITE INDEFINITE DEMONSTRATIVE or POSSESSIVE
• genderOwned: gender of the object (string, mandatory): M for masculine, F for feminine
• numberOwned: number of the object (string, mandatory): S for singular, P for plural
• numberOwner: number of the owner of the object (mandatory when POSSESSIVE, put null otherwise): S or P
• personOwner: person of the owner of the object (mandatory when POSSESSIVE, put null otherwise): 1, 2 or 3
• when INDEFINITE plural followed by an adjective: adjectiveAfterDet: optional boolean indicating if there is an adjective after the determiner (used to manage de bons restaurants) contentAfterDet: optional string containing the content of what is after (used to manage exception des jeunes gens) ** forceDes: optional boolean indicatif to force des, even when de should be output

Installation

npm install french-determiners

Usage

var determiners = require('french-determiners');

// la
console.log(determiners.getDet({ detType: 'DEFINITE', genderOwned: 'F', numberOwned: 'S' }));

// ses
console.log(
  determiners.getDet({ detType: 'POSSESSIVE', genderOwned: 'M', numberOwned: 'P', numberOwner: 'S', personOwner: 3 }),
);

See test.js for examples.

dependencies and licences

no dependency