Can an adjective come after a verb?


I was trying to say "I write slow".

I figured it would be:

> おそい（が）かく。

But a native speaker didn't understand me and said it was:

> かくのがおそい。

Now I understand how の after a verb makes it a noun, but I always thought the
verb had to be last. Why would you need to make it a noun if its the only
acting verb? Is there a reason why the way I said the sentence is wrong?

Thank you.




In Japanese, the verb (or adjective) has to be at the end of the clause, so it
can very well be in the middle of a sentence.

> おそい（が）かく

Is wrong because it doesn't make any sense. In this case, が would mean "but".

Even if you wrote:

> おそいかく

It would be wrong because you cannot qualify a verb (here かく) with an
adjective (here おそい), it would literally mean "slow write".

In:

> かくのがおそい

You first nominalize the verb かく with の as you already know it makes it act
like a noun. And then you qualify this nominal group with が/はおそい.

