Adverbs & Adjectives I

"Kez dæpu ahhô sbuki!"

That's new and scary!

Adverbs are words that describe a Verb (e.g. He runs quickly), and Adjectives are words that describe a noun (e.g. He is fast). In English, most Adverbs can be Adjectives but many Adjectives cannot be Adverbs. For instance, "Badly" is an Adverb because it describes an action, and "Bad" is an Adjective because it describes a noun. "Red" is an Adjective but NOT an Adverb. In Yoshispeak, these rules are almost the same as English (Or heck any other language really), although the Adjective form of an Adverb will be identical (Since in English we add/remove "ly" at the end of a word depending on what it is)

Yoshispeak generally doesn't have many synonyms so similar ideas have a single word, and "Doup" is a great example of that. Which one it fits with best specifically depends on tone as well as context.

The words above work as both Adverbs and Adjectives.
"Yoshio zhôr doup" -> "I play well"
"Yoshike doup!" -> "You're good!"

As mentioned in Grammar I, Adverbs will always go after the Verb, and Adjectives will always go before the Noun.

There are, however, some exceptions. For instance, Adjectives go after pronouns. On top of that, some Adverbs are much more flexible with word position and break some order, but we will cover most of those in a later unit.

Two notable examples, however, are:

Both of the above words are ONLY put right after a noun/pronoun (Before all else)!

"Yoshio sei gyufro" -> "I am now going" -> CORRECT

"Sei yoshike èsgyu" -> "Now you're eating" -> INCORRECT

"Yoshiyî taô pubu gyaz" -> "He/She also likes fruit" -> CORRECT

"Kes zhôr'jozh doup taô" -> "This game is good too" -> INCORRECT

Make sure that you ONLY use "sei" if the action was not being done before, like if someone was not running before but now they are, that would be correct usage. However, if they were running for a while prior, then you typically should not use the word "sei"! More words regarding time will be covered in another unit.