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.
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verbs adjectives word-order
Can an adjective come after a verb?
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.
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