Editing Adjective (section)

==Adverbs==
Many languages (including English) distinguish between adjectives, which qualify nouns and pronouns, and [[adverb]]s, which mainly modify [[verb]]s, adjectives, or other adverbs. Not all languages make this exact distinction; many (including English) have words that can function as either. For example, in English, ''fast'' is an adjective in "a ''fast'' car" (where it qualifies the noun ''car'') but an adverb in "he drove ''fast''" (where it modifies the verb ''drove'').

In [[Dutch grammar|Dutch]] and [[German grammar|German]], adjectives and adverbs are usually identical in form and many grammarians do not make the distinction, but patterns of inflection can suggest a difference:
:{{Lang|de|Eine kluge neue Idee.}}
::A ''clever'' new idea.
:{{Lang|de|Eine klug ausgereifte Idee.}}
::A ''cleverly'' developed idea.
A German word like {{Lang|de|klug}} ("clever(ly)") takes endings when used as an attributive adjective but not when used adverbially. Whether these are distinct parts of speech or distinct usages of the same part of speech is a question of analysis. While German linguistic terminology distinguishes {{Lang|de|adverbiale}} from {{Lang|de|adjektivische Formen}}, German refers to both as {{Lang|de|Eigenschaftswörter}} ("property words").