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

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'?

Accepted Answer

Zepim fendim krig.

Answer

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?'

Accepted Answer

Nu milo vek jopet?

Answer

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'?

Accepted Answer

Lota nera

Answer

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'?

Accepted Answer

Ne zavol-os.

Answer

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'.

DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Practice Test

DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Practice Test

DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Applying Invented Grammatical Rules Questions and Answers