DLAB DLAB Contextual Word Order Rules

Question 1

In fictional language X, the word order rule is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO). Given: dog=koru, bites=fela, man=tanu, how do you say 'The dog bites the man'?

Accepted Answer

fela koru tanu

Answer

koru fela tanu

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tanu koru fela

Answer

koru tanu fela

Question 2

A language follows Object-Verb-Subject (OVS) order. 'Mari sees Tano' (sees=velu) is correctly written as:

Accepted Answer

Tano velu Mari

Answer

Mari velu Tano

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velu Mari Tano

Answer

Mari Tano velu

Question 3

In an SOV language, adjectives follow the noun they modify. 'The big house' (house=domo, big=grando) is written as:

Accepted Answer

domo grando

Answer

grando domo

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domo only

Answer

grando only

Question 4

Language Y places the question word at the END of the sentence. 'What did you eat?' becomes:

Accepted Answer

You ate what?

Answer

What you eat?

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Did eat you what?

Answer

Ate you what?

Question 5

In a fictional language, negation is marked by placing 'no' immediately AFTER the verb. 'I run fast' = 'mi koru pelu.' 'I do NOT run fast' is:

Accepted Answer

mi koru no pelu

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no mi koru pelu

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mi no koru pelu

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mi koru pelu no

Question 6

A test language uses Subject-Object-Verb order with adjectives always preceding their nouns. 'The tall man sees a small cat' has which structure?

Accepted Answer

Adj-Noun Adj-Noun Verb

Answer

Adj-Noun Verb Adj-Noun

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Noun-Adj Verb Noun-Adj

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Verb Adj-Noun Adj-Noun

In fictional language X, the word order rule is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO).Given: dog=koru, bites=fela, man=tanu, how do you say 'The dog bites the man'?

In fictional language X, the word order rule is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO).
Given: dog=koru, bites=fela, man=tanu, how do you say 'The dog bites the man'?