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DLAB Contextual Word Order Rules Flashcards

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  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'?

    Answer: fela koru tanu

    VSO order places the verb first (fela), then the subject (koru), then the object (tanu).

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

    Answer: Tano velu Mari

    OVS order requires the object (Tano) first, then the verb (velu), then the subject (Mari).

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

    Answer: domo grando

    The adjective-after-noun rule places the noun (domo) first, followed by its modifier (grando).

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

    Answer: You ate what?

    The question word 'what' must appear last, so the sentence ends: 'You ate what?'

  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:

    Answer: mi koru no pelu

    'No' must immediately follow the verb (koru), giving mi koru no pelu.

  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?

    Answer: Adj-Noun Adj-Noun Verb

    SOV with pre-noun adjectives yields [tall man] [small cat] [sees], which is Adj-Noun Adj-Noun Verb.