Giak Tutorial

Lesson III

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Goals

To learn:

Vocabulary

Adjective PairsColors
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:

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

Predicate Adjectives

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

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.

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