diff --git a/add-motion-verb.sh b/add-motion-verb.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+source util.sh
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Examples:"
+    echo "$0 crawl [crawled] [crawls]"
+    echo "$0 run ran [runs]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+first_letter() {
+    echo ${1:0:1}
+}
+
+first_two_letters() {
+    echo ${1:0:2}
+}
+
+add() {
+    fl=$(first_letter "$1")
+    ftl=$(first_two_letters "$1")
+
+    folder="motion-verb-database/${fl}"
+    if [ ! -d "$folder" ]; then
+        mkdir "$folder"
+    fi
+
+    echo "${1}" >> "${folder}/${ftl}.txt"
+}
+
+first_person="$1"
+past_tense="$2"
+confirm="y"
+if [ -z "$past_tense" ]; then
+    past_tense="${1}ed"
+    confirm=""
+fi
+present_tense="$3"
+if [ -z "$present_tense" ]; then
+    present_tense="${1}s"
+    confirm=""
+fi
+if [ -z "$confirm" ]; then
+    prompt_char "I ${first_person}. They ${past_tense}. He/she ${present_tense}. confirm y/n?"
+    confirm=$REPLY
+fi
+if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]; then
+    add "${first_person}"
+    add "$past_tense"
+    add "$present_tense"
+else
+    echo "Nothing added"
+fi
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diff --git a/motion-verb-database/g/go.txt b/motion-verb-database/g/go.txt
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+go
+goes
diff --git a/motion-verb-database/w/we.txt b/motion-verb-database/w/we.txt
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+went