banana-i18n/src/languages/he.js

Banana Internationalization library

/**
 * Hebrew (עברית) language functions
 */
import BananaLanguage from './language.js'

export default class HebrewLanguage extends BananaLanguage {
  convertGrammar (word, form) {
    switch (form) {
      case 'prefixed':
      case 'תחילית': // the same word in Hebrew
        // Duplicate prefixed "Waw", but only if it's not already double
        if (word.slice(0, 1) === 'ו' && word.slice(0, 2) !== 'וו') {
          word = 'ו' + word
        }

        // Remove the "He" if prefixed
        if (word.slice(0, 1) === 'ה') {
          word = word.slice(1)
        }

        // Add a hyphen (maqaf) before numbers and non-Hebrew letters
        if (word.slice(0, 1) < 'א' || word.slice(0, 1) > 'ת') {
          word = '־' + word
        }
    }

    return word
  }
}