Niw Englisch/Grammar/Adjectives and Adverbs

**Strong Adjective Declension**
Case	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Plural
Singular				Plural
Nominative	-	-	-e	-e
Genitive	-es	-es	-er	-er
Dative	-em	-em	-er	-en
Accusative	-en	-	-e	-e

Examples:

old books alde Bœke
for long streets for langen Stræten
of (a) young lamb ȝonges Lambes

The weak declension is used after þe, þis, and ȝon

**Weak Adjective Declension**
Case	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Plural
Singular				Plural
Nominative	-e	-e	-e	-en
Genitive	-en	-en	-en	-en
Dative	-en	-en	-en	-en
Accusative	-en	-e	-e	-en

Examples:

the old man þe alde Mann
that new car ȝon niw Auto
with the thin book mid þer þynnen Bok

Comparison

All adjectives add -er and -est to the word before taking endings in the comparative and superlative form.

Example:

new, newer, newest: niw, niwer, niwst-
red, redder, reddest: redd, redder, reddest

Irregular Comparison A few adjectives have irregular forms for comparison:

good, better, best: god, better, betst
little, littler, littlest: lyttel, læss, læst
great, greater, greatest: micel, maar, mæst
evil, eviler, evilest: yfel, wiers, wierst

Umlauted Comparison Some adjectives in one syllable have umlauts in the comparative and superlative:

big: great, grietter, grietst
broad: brad, bræder, brædest
long: lang, længer, længst
short: scort, scœrter, scœrtst
strong: strang, strænger, strængst
young: ȝong, ȝœnger, ȝœngst

Adverbs

In English, they usually end in 'ly' and in Niw Englisc are formed by adding 'e' or 'es' on to adjectives or other words.

Examples:

by day: dæȝes
by night: nahtes
raðe: quickly

You can also add '-ens' to the superlative to create an adverb form:
Wiȝ etteþ mæstens in þer Kycene. We mostly eat in the kitchen.
Ic em bestens geræded. I'm very well provided for.
Hunde sind hier strængstens forboden. Dogs are strictly forbidden here.
Þein Wagen biþ ærstens Wodensdæȝ geræde. Your car will be ready on Wednesday at the earliest.