DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Noun and Adjective Agreement Questions and Answers

Question 1

Given the following rules for a made-up language:
1. Adjectives always follow the noun.
2. The adjective's last vowel must match the noun's last vowel.

Translate the phrase: 'the big rock'

Accepted Answer

taro loma

Answer

loma taro

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tara lomo

Answer

lomo tara

Question 2

In this artificial language, nouns are either masculine (ending in '-o') or feminine (ending in '-a'). Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. The root word for 'car' is 'aut' and for 'fast' is 'rapid'. Which of the following correctly says 'the fast car' if 'car' is a masculine noun?

Accepted Answer

auto rapido

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rapido auto

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rapida auto

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auto rapida

Question 3

You are given these grammatical rules:
1. Nouns are either singular or plural. Plural nouns are formed by adding '-im' to the root.
2. Adjectives precede the noun.
3. If the noun is plural, the adjective must have the prefix 'ko-'.

Given 'falk' (bird) and 'brin' (small), how would you write 'the small birds'?

Accepted Answer

ko-brin falkim

Answer

brin falkim

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ko-brin falk

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falkim ko-brin

Question 4

A language categorizes nouns as either 'animate' (ending in '-ik') or 'inanimate' (ending in '-ul'). Adjectives must agree with this category by taking the same suffix. Adjectives always come before the nouns they modify. If 'wex' is the root for 'tree' (inanimate) and 'grun' is the root for 'green', which is 'the green tree'?

Accepted Answer

grunul wexul

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wexik grunik

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wexul grunul

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grunik wexik

Question 5

Analyze the following rules:
1. Word order is Noun followed by Adjective.
2. If the noun begins with a consonant, its adjective must end in '-ep'.
3. If the noun begins with a vowel, its adjective must end in '-az'.

Given the words 'zupo' (house) and 'ekali' (opening), and the adjective root 'larj' (large), which sentence is grammatically correct?

Accepted Answer

zupo larjep

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larjaz ekali

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larjep zupo

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ekali larjep

Question 6

Based on this scenario, deduce the rule and find the correct translation.
- 'A tall man' is 'vir altu'
- 'The tall women' is 'feminae altae'
- 'A big house' is 'domus magnu'

How would you say 'The big men'?

Accepted Answer

viri magni

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vir magnus

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magni viri

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viri magnu

Given the following rules for a made-up language:1.Adjectives always follow the noun.2.The adjective's last vowel must match the noun's last vowel.Translate the phrase: 'the big rock'

Given the following rules for a made-up language:
1.
Adjectives always follow the noun.
2.
The adjective's last vowel must match the noun's last vowel.
Translate the phrase: 'the big rock'