Giak Tutorial

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Goals

To learn:

• to use adjectives

Vocabulary

Adjective Pairs		Colors
Gudjag \'gud-jag\ (adj) Great, Big Liga \'liga\ (adj) Small Nad \'nad\ (adj) Dark Gadaj \'gad-aj\ (adj) Bright Doddog \'dod-däg\ (adj) Tight Kao \'ka-o\ (adj) Loose Kaat \'kät\ (adj) Shallow Lenag \'len-ag\ (adj) Deep Hug \'hug\ (adj/adv) Low Joz \'joz\ (adj/adv) High Jet \'jet\ (adj) Old Haag \'häg\ (adj) New Ish \'ish\ (adj/adv) Far Naj \'naj\ (adj/adv) Near	Lozon \'lo-zän\ (adj) Long Moton \'mo-tän\ (adj) Short Tagog \'ta-gäg\ (adj/adv) Fast Jatnek \'jat-nek\ (adj/adv) Slow Stuzor \'stu-zor\ (adj/adv) Weak Tukor \'tu-kor\ (adj/adv) Strong Razi \'ra-zi\ (adj) Hot Gour \'go-ur\ (adj) Cold Akog \'ak-äg\ (adj) Deaf Ekig \'ek-ig\ (adj) Blind Zendod \'zen-dä\ (adj/adv) Soft Tadat \'ta-dat\ (adj/adv) Hard	Ak \'ak\ (adj) Red Stak \'stak\ (adj) Orange Staz \'staz\ (adj) Yellow Shug \'shug\ (adj) Green Gug \'gug\ (adj) Blue Klag \'klag\ (adj) Brown Orgad \'or-gad\ (adv) White Hel \'hel\ (adj) Black
		Misc. Adjectives
		Neni \'ne-ni\(adj) Wet Zut \'zut\ (adj) Wrong, Bad Edzar \'ed-zär\ (n/adj) Light
		Nouns
		Adag \'ad-ag\ (n) Bottle, Jug Anak \'an-ak\ (n) Trap

Modifiers

The use of modifiers in Giak is very simple. All modifiers immediately follow the word they modify. This is backwards from typical English usage in the case of adjectives. Adjectives usually precede the modified word in English. Some translations from English to pseudo-Giak:

• red hammer -> hammer red
• weak human -> human weak
• old barracks -> barracks old

Adverbs also follow the verb, adjective or adverb modified. An important adverb is 'naog' which is used to negate the word modified:

• Ok narg naog orgadak. -> I am not a human.
• Kordak narg zut naog. -> The sergeant isn't wrong.
• Zegora gaj tagog naog. -> Giaks die not fast. (Giaks die slowly.)

Predicate Adjectives

Predicate adjectives act just like they do in English; just use the verb 'narg'.

• Ok narg ekig.
• Egud narg stuzor.
• Jogg narg jet.

Sentence Structure

So the sentence structure that we have built so far is: ([interrogatory] / subject [modifier] / predicate / [direct object [modifier] , predicate nominative [modifier] , predicate adjective]). The comma seperated list states that you may choose at most one of the options.

• The soft human takes a big drink. -> Orgadak zendod gag gajog gudjag.
• Why does the orange enemy see me? -> ¿ Ka gaz stak zee ok ?

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