DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Applying Invented Grammatical Rules Questions and Answers 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Given the following rules for an invented language: 1. The verb always comes after the subject. 2. Adjectives follow the noun they modify. 3. To make a noun possessive, add the suffix '-ka'. 4. The word for 'dog' is 'bren', 'cat' is 'sil', 'big' is 'gor', and 'sees' is 'lums'. Which of the following correctly translates to 'The big dog sees the cat's'?
- Bren gor lums silka. (Correct answer)
- Gor bren lums silka.
- Bren gor silka lums.
- Silka lums bren gor.
Correct answer: Bren gor lums silka.
The correct structure is Subject-Adjective-Verb-Object (possessive). 'The big dog' is 'bren gor' (Rule 2). The verb 'sees' is 'lums' and comes after the subject (Rule 1). The possessive object 'the cat's' is 'silka' (Rule 3). Combining these gives 'Bren gor lums silka'.
Question 2: You are given a set of grammatical rules for a new language: 1. Word order is Object-Subject-Verb. 2. Plural nouns are formed by adding '-im' to the end of the word. 3. The word for 'house' is 'zep', 'man' is 'fend', and 'builds' is 'krig'. How would you say 'The men build the houses'?
- Zepim fendim krig. (Correct answer)
- Fendim zepim krig.
- Krig zepim fendim.
- Zep fend krigim.
Correct answer: Zepim fendim krig.
The object is 'the houses', which is 'zep' + '-im' = 'zepim' (Rule 2). The subject is 'the men', which is 'fend' + '-im' = 'fendim' (Rule 2). The verb is 'builds' or 'krig'. Following the Object-Subject-Verb order (Rule 1), the sentence is 'Zepim fendim krig'.
Question 3: In a fictional language, the following rules apply: 1. Questions are formed by placing the particle 'nu' at the beginning of the sentence. 2. The verb follows the object. 3. Past tense is indicated by the suffix '-et' on the verb. 4. Vocabulary: 'you' = 'vek', 'ate' = 'jop', 'apple' = 'milo'. Which sentence correctly asks 'Did you eat the apple?'
- Nu vek milo jopet?
- Vek milo jopet nu?
- Nu milo vek jopet? (Correct answer)
- Nu jopet vek milo?
Correct answer: Nu milo vek jopet?
Rule 1 states that questions begin with 'nu'. The standard sentence structure would be Subject-Object-Verb based on Rule 2 (verb follows the object). The subject is 'you' (vek), and the object is 'the apple' (milo). The verb 'ate' is past tense, so 'jop' becomes 'jopet' (Rule 3). Arranging these gives 'vek milo jopet'. Adding the question particle 'nu' at the beginning results in 'Nu milo vek jopet?'.
Question 4: Consider these rules: 1. Adjectives end with the same vowel as the noun they modify. 2. The word for 'car' is 'lota'. The word for 'fast' is 'siv'. 3. The word for 'tree' is 'piko'. The word for 'tall' is 'ner'. Based on the pattern, how would you say 'the tall car'?
- Lota siva
- Piko nero
- Lota nera (Correct answer)
- Piko sivo
Correct answer: Lota nera
The noun 'car' is 'lota', which ends in 'a'. The adjective 'tall' is based on the root 'ner'. To modify 'lota', the adjective must end in 'a' (Rule 1). Therefore, 'ner' becomes 'nera'. The phrase is 'lota nera'.
Question 5: Scenario: You are learning a language with the following rules: 1. To express negation, the word 'ne' is placed directly before the verb. 2. The subject pronoun is attached as a suffix to the verb. 3. Past tense verbs end in '-ol', present tense verbs end in '-en'. 4. Vocabulary: 'I' = '-um', 'he' = '-os', 'run' = 'zav'. How do you write 'He did not run'?
- Zavol-os ne.
- Ne zavol-um.
- Ne zavol-os. (Correct answer)
- Ne zaven-os.
Correct answer: Ne zavol-os.
The verb is 'run' (zav). The tense is past tense ('did run'), so the suffix is '-ol', making the verb 'zavol' (Rule 3). The subject is 'He', so the pronoun suffix is '-os', making the verb-pronoun combination 'zavol-os' (Rule 2). To make it negative, 'ne' is placed before the verb (Rule 1). This results in 'Ne zavol-os'.
Question 6: Given these grammatical rules: 1. An object is made definite by adding the prefix 'vo-'. 2. Word order is Verb-Subject-Object. 3. The word for 'girl' is 'sori', 'boy' is 'pako', and 'likes' is 'nima'. Which of the following translates to 'The boy likes the girl'?
- Nima sori vo-pako.
- Nima pako vo-sori. (Correct answer)
- Vo-pako nima sori.
- Pako nima vo-sori.
Correct answer: Nima pako vo-sori.
The verb is 'likes' (nima). The subject is 'the boy' (pako). The object is 'the girl' (sori). Because 'the girl' is a definite object, the prefix 'vo-' is added, making it 'vo-sori' (Rule 1). Following the Verb-Subject-Object word order (Rule 2), the final sentence is 'Nima pako vo-sori'.
DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Applying Invented Grammatical Rules Questions and Answers 1
Given the following rules for an invented language:
1.
The verb always comes after the subject.
2.
Adjectives follow the noun they modify.
3.
To make a noun possessive, add the suffix '-ka'.
4.
The word for 'dog' is 'bren', 'cat' is 'sil', 'big' is 'gor', and 'sees' is 'lums'.
Which of the following correctly translates to 'The big dog sees the cat's'?