DLAB Deducing Rules from Audio 2

Question 1

You hear: [MAko] = tree, [maKO] = forest, [MAlu] = stone, [maLU] = mountain. What rule governs stress placement in this invented language?

Accepted Answer

Stress on first syllable = singular; stress on second syllable = collective/large form

Answer

Stress is always on first syllable

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Stress is random

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Stress on second syllable = singular

Question 2

In a spoken invented language, you hear three sentences. Sentence A has a rising tone on the last word. Sentence B has a falling tone on the last word. Sentence C has a level tone. From context, A = question, B = statement, C = command. You hear a new sentence with a rising tone. What type is it?

Accepted Answer

Question

Answer

Statement

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Command

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Exclamation

Question 3

You hear words in invented language Frelvik: [braNAK], [breNAK], [briNAK]. The translations are: 'I run', 'You run', 'He runs'. The only difference is the first vowel. What vowel codes third person?

Accepted Answer

i

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a

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e

Answer

o

Question 4

In a sound exercise, words ending in [s] mean 'one', words ending in [z] mean 'many'. You hear a new word ending in [z]. What does it refer to?

Accepted Answer

Many objects

Answer

One object

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A question

Answer

A verb

Question 5

You hear Zorathi words: [PREL-ok] = he speaks, [prel-OK] = he spoke. [BREN-ok] = he flies, [bren-OK] = he flew. You hear [TALO-ok]. What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

He sings (present)

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He sang (past)

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He will sing

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She sings

Question 6

In spoken Drelvic, high pitch on a word = subject, low pitch = object. You hear a sentence: [HIGH: naku] [LOW: shor] [vel]. What is the sentence structure?

Accepted Answer

Naku is the subject, shor is the object

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Shor is the subject, naku is the object

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Naku and shor are both subjects

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Vel is the subject