DLAB Word Order and Syntax Patterns

Question 1

In Language X, the sentence 'The dog chases the cat' is written as 'Cat the chases dog the.' What is the word order pattern?

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Object-Verb-Subject

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Subject-Verb-Object

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Verb-Subject-Object

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Object-Subject-Verb

Question 2

In a constructed language, 'mari telo ven' means 'the child sleeps quietly.' If 'ven' means 'quietly' and 'telo' means 'sleeps,' where does the adverb appear relative to the verb?

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After the verb

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Before the verb

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At the beginning of the sentence

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Between the subject and verb

Question 3

Given: 'kal mun do' = 'big red house,' 'kal sep do' = 'big blue house,' and 'mun tir' = 'red bird.' What is 'big blue bird'?

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kal sep tir

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sep kal tir

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tir sep kal

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sep tir kal

Question 4

In Language Z, questions are formed by moving the verb to the beginning. If 'nara kito pem' means 'she reads books,' how would you say 'Does she read books?'

Accepted Answer

kito nara pem

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nara pem kito

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pem nara kito

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kito pem nara

Question 5

Study this pattern: 'A bira C' means 'A sees C' and 'C bira A' means 'C sees A.' The word 'bira' never changes position. What can you conclude?

Accepted Answer

Word order determines meaning with a fixed verb position

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The language has free word order

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The verb always comes in the middle position

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The subject is always the last word

Question 6

In a language, 'tok lim par esh' means 'the woman quickly eats fruit.' If 'tok' is 'woman,' 'par' is 'eats,' and 'esh' is 'fruit,' what is the position of the adverb?

Accepted Answer

Between subject and verb

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Sentence-initial

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After the object

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Before the subject