Adjectives
Gobbledegook employs postpositive adjectives. If you’re at all familiar with any Romance languages such as Spanish, French, or Italian, you’re probably already comfortable with this concept. Postpositive adjectives are attributive adjectives that follow the noun they are describing. For example, a goblin wouldn’t say “small cat,” they would say “cat small.” The noun always comes first.
Possessive Adjectives
Adjectives that denote possession, such as my or your are where Gobbledegook’s syntax start to differ from Romance languages. While Romance languages will precede nouns with possessive adjectives, Gobbledegook continues to follow any nouns that are being described with the word that is describing it. The noun always comes first.
Numbers
Goblins are very particular about exact amounts -- that’s what makes them so perfect for running banks! Make sure you have numbers memorised before you try conversing with goblins. Again, if you are using the number as an adjective, make sure the noun always comes first.
See below for some useful adjectives in Gobbledegook.
See below for some useful adjectives in Gobbledegook.
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Now let's combine these adjectives with some of the nouns you learned in Lesson One.
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Beast, Being, and Spirit
The word kat means form, as in “taking the form of.” In the next lesson, you will learn that Goblins do not have a way of saying “I am a human” or “he is a goblin.” Instead, they use human and goblin as adjectives to describe the word kat.
human form |
kat vrog |
goblin form |
kat goblin |
dog form |
kat vuff |
cat form |
kat kud |
vampire form |
kat zipzug |
dragon form |
kat zugzip |
Using Hog with AdjectivesIn Lesson One, you learned that the word “No” translates to “Hog” in Gobbledegook. While hog can be used as a response to a question, it can also be used to modify an adjective to mean “not.” To do so, you add it directly after the word it is modifying.
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Combining Adjectives
When using multiple adjectives to describe a single noun, there are a few rules to follow:
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Of course, it's not the end of the world if you forget these rules. A native speaker would still most likely understand what you mean, as long as you remember that the noun always comes first!