DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Applying Invented Grammatical Rules 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'?

Accepted Answer

Bren gor lums silka.

Answer

Gor bren lums silka.

Answer

Bren gor silka lums.

Answer

Silka lums bren gor.

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'?

Accepted Answer

Zepim fendim krig.

Answer

Fendim zepim krig.

Answer

Krig zepim fendim.

Answer

Zep fend krigim.

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?'

Accepted Answer

Nu milo vek jopet?

Answer

Nu vek milo jopet?

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Vek milo jopet nu?

Answer

Nu jopet vek milo?

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'?

Accepted Answer

Lota nera

Answer

Lota siva

Answer

Piko nero

Answer

Piko sivo

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'?

Accepted Answer

Ne zavol-os.

Answer

Zavol-os ne.

Answer

Ne zavol-um.

Answer

Ne zaven-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'?

Accepted Answer

Nima pako vo-sori.

Answer

Nima sori vo-pako.

Answer

Vo-pako nima sori.

Answer

Pako nima vo-sori.