Folksprak/Grammar/Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives do not change and stand between article and noun.

• de grot hus (EN the big house)
• din ny friand (EN your new friend)

Adverbs describing adjectives precede them. They are alike in form.

• de hel bok (EN the new book) [hel as an adjective]
• de hel ny bok (EN the wholly new book) [hel as an adverb]

Adverbs describing verbs are preceded by them.

• De hus is ne grot. (EN The house is not big.) [ne is preceded by is]
• De hus is ja grot. (EN The house is truly big.) [ja is preceded by is]

Comparison

Adjectives and adverbs form comparatives with the suffixes -er and -est.

• grot, groter, grotest (EN great, greater, greatest)

Simplifying, you may use meer and meest instead.

• grot, meer grot, meest grot (EN great, greater, greatest) [Basic FS]