Verbs in the dictionary will end with "-etv." This is their general or infinitive form that merely means to do whatever the verb is, that is, "to (verb)." The infinitive (dictionary form) is always simply stated as a neutral "to _______." Verbs denote actions or states of being. Changes to a verb are necessary to indicate who is doing the action and to whom or what is done and sometimes, how it is accomplished. This is just like English--go, goes, gone, went, have, had, has, etc.

All modifiers used as adjectives go after the noun they modify. Modifiers retain the long "--ē" ending if they are connected to the noun by a form of the verb "to be" and are equal to the noun such as in the sentence, "The dog is white." White, hvtkē in Creek, retains the "--ē." However, in "The white dog runs fast," white merely describes a characteristic of the dog that is also fast and running. Hvtkē would take an "--a" ending and become "hvtkat" as in "Efv hvtkat pvfnēn lētkes." Although this may seem a strange practice at first, it insures clarity of meaning in Creek. It quickly becomes habit.

Modifiers used after nouns take the appropriate subject or object marker.

Because verbs are last in Creek sentences, modifiers used as adverbs must come before verbs they modify.
As adverbs, these modifiers also take an "-n" ending. Remember: verbs are last…!