DLAB Applying Fictional Grammar Rules 3

Question 1

The fictional language Veltari marks possession with the suffix '-na' on the possessed noun. 'Shor' means 'book', 'Keli' means 'Maria'. How do you say 'Maria's book'?

Accepted Answer

Keli shorna

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Shorna Keli

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Keli shor

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Shornak Keli

Question 2

In Bruntic, comparative adjectives are formed by repeating the adjective and adding '-er' to the second copy. 'Fast' is 'drep'. How do you say 'faster'?

Accepted Answer

Drep dreper

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Dreper

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Drepdrep

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Drep-er

Question 3

The made-up language Ozwik requires that time words always appear at the beginning of the sentence, before the subject. Given: 'Fenu talo vrik.' (The woman sings.) and 'Noval' means 'yesterday', how do you say 'Yesterday the woman sang'?

Accepted Answer

Noval fenu talo vrik.

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Fenu noval talo vrik.

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Fenu talo noval vrik.

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Fenu talo vrik noval.

Question 4

In Trelkan, direct objects are marked by infixing '-ul-' after the first consonant cluster of the object noun. 'Brak' (stone) as a direct object becomes 'Br-ul-ak' = 'Brulak'. Applying this rule, what is the direct object form of 'Dren' (river)?

Accepted Answer

Drulen

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Drenul

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Ulren

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Dren

Question 5

Molvex uses object-verb-subject (OVS) word order, opposite to English SVO. Given that 'Palu' = cat, 'Seno' = fish, 'Tal' = eats, how do you say 'The cat eats the fish' in Molvex?

Accepted Answer

Seno tal palu.

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Palu tal seno.

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Tal palu seno.

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Palu seno tal.

Question 6

In the language Helvari, a noun is pluralized by adding '-es' if it ends in a vowel and '-is' if it ends in a consonant. 'Mako' (tree) → 'Makoes'. What is the plural of 'Brenk' (cloud)?

Accepted Answer

Brenkis

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Brenkes

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Brenks

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Brenkos