DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Applying Fictional Grammar Rules Questions and Answers

Question 1

In a fictional language, adjectives must agree in gender with the noun they modify.
Nouns ending in 'o' are masculine, and nouns ending in 'a' are feminine.
To make an adjective agree, add '-m' for masculine nouns and '-f' for feminine nouns.
Adjectives always follow the noun.
Given that the word for 'car' is 'auto' and the word for 'fast' is 'rapid', how would you correctly say 'the fast car'?

Accepted Answer

auto rapidm

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auto rapidf

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rapidf auto

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rapidm auto

Question 2

A newly discovered language follows a strict Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order. To make a verb past tense, the prefix 'ka-' is added. The word for 'I' is 'jek', the word for 'the food' is 'nom', and the root word for 'eat' is 'sal'. How would you say 'I ate the food'?

Accepted Answer

Jek nom kasal.

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Jek kasal nom.

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Nom jek kasal.

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Jek nom sal.

Question 3

In this language's grammar, possession is shown by adding the suffix '-ep' to the possessor. To make a noun plural, the prefix 'vo-' is added. The possessor always comes before the thing being possessed. If 'bax' means 'box' and 'gorn' means 'rock', which of the following correctly translates to 'the rock's boxes'?

Accepted Answer

gorn-ep vo-bax

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vo-gorn-ep bax

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vo-bax gorn-ep

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gorn vo-bax-ep

Question 4

You are given the following grammatical rules: 1) Questions are formed by placing the word 'ci' at the beginning of the sentence. 2) The future tense is indicated by the suffix '-fut' on the verb. 3) The word 'tu' means 'you' and 'vola' is the verb for 'fly'. Based on this, how would you ask the question 'Will you fly?'

Accepted Answer

Ci tu vola-fut?

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Tu vola-fut ci?

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Vola-fut tu ci?

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Ci tu vola?

Question 5

In a fictional language, word order is Verb-Subject-Object. Negation is expressed by the particle 'ne' which must be placed directly after the verb. Given that 'vid' means 'sees', 'puer' means 'the boy', and 'canis' means 'the dog', what is the correct way to say 'The boy does not see the dog'?

Accepted Answer

Vid ne puer canis.

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Ne vid puer canis.

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Puer ne vid canis.

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Vid puer ne canis.

Question 6

A language's rules state that an object receiving an action is marked with the suffix '-em'. The intensity of an action is shown by duplicating the verb. The word for 'the child' is 'pello', 'the ball' is 'sphaera', and 'to hit' is 'puls'. How would you say 'The child hits the ball hard'?

Accepted Answer

Pello puls-puls sphaeraem.

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Pello sphaeraem puls-puls.

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Pello puls sphaeraem-sphaeraem.

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Pelloem puls-puls sphaera.