Little Sister's Vocabulary.py

"""Functions for creating, transforming, and adding prefixes to strings."""
def add_prefix_un(word):
    """Take the given word and add the 'un' prefix.
 
    :param word: str - containing the root word.
    :return: str - of root word prepended with 'un'.
    """
    return "un" + word
def make_word_groups(vocab_words):
    """Transform a list containing a prefix and words into a string with the prefix followed by the words with prefix prepended.
 
    :param vocab_words: list - of vocabulary words with prefix in first index.
    :return: str - of prefix followed by vocabulary words with
            prefix applied.
 
    This function takes a `vocab_words` list and returns a string
    with the prefix and the words with prefix applied, separated
     by ' :: '.
 
    For example: list('en', 'close', 'joy', 'lighten'),
    produces the following string: 'en :: enclose :: enjoy :: enlighten'.
    """
    result = vocab_words[0] 
    for i in range(1, len(vocab_words)):
        result += " :: " + vocab_words[0] + vocab_words[i]
    return result
def remove_suffix_ness(word):
    """Remove the suffix from the word while keeping spelling in mind.
 
    :param word: str - of word to remove suffix from.
    :return: str - of word with suffix removed & spelling adjusted.
 
    For example: "heaviness" becomes "heavy", but "sadness" becomes "sad".
    """
    if word[-5] == "i":
        return word[:-5] + "y"
    return word[:-4]
def adjective_to_verb(sentence, index):
    """Change the adjective within the sentence to a verb.
 
    :param sentence: str - that uses the word in sentence.
    :param index: int - index of the word to remove and transform.
    :return: str - word that changes the extracted adjective to a verb.
 
    For example, ("It got dark as the sun set", 2) becomes "darken".
    """
    result = ""
    for char in sentence.split(" ")[index]:
        if char.isalpha():
            result += char
    return result + "en"