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General Notes

This program was written because I couldn't find a target language-learning program on the Internet (and I looked at dozens) that did what I wanted.

The defining point at which I decided to write my own program came when I found a site for testing oneself on verb conjugations. The program tested me on assiéger (to besiege).

Now, strangely, that's not a verb I desperately wanted to master, hence my decision.



I started in April, 2010, in Nelson, NZ, first having to learn the PHP scripting language. Writing continued, spasmodically, from then until October 2010 on a boat in France whenever shorepower and the Internet were available (not often enough) until a usable prototype was ready.



Note that this program is not intended to be a comprehensive Dual-Language Dictionary. The contents of the database are the words and phrases that
the user community are trying to master. Therefore the most commonly known words (eg 'bonjour') are unlikely to be entered unless the user is a complete beginner.

There are several levels of completeness that can be employed when entering a word or phrase:

• the absolute minimum is the target word. This acts as a placeholder that you can add to later.
• the target word and word-type (ie the part of speech, such as 'Verb') will prompt for more data, again optional at this stage
• the english translation can be entered at the initial stage or any time subsequently and can be extended



• For Nouns, the data required for completeness is:
  target and the english meaning and gender. Optionally, feminine and plural endings can be supplied


• For Adjectives, the data required for completeness is:
  target and the english meaning. Optionally, feminine and plural endings can be supplied


• For Verb, the data required for completeness is:
  target and the english meaning, the verb model and the auxiliary verb for the compound tenses. Optionally, the Transitive type can be supplied


• All other parts of speech (eg Adverbs, Conjunctions) require only the target and the english meaning.