DLAB Language Structure Deduction

Question 1

You are given these sentences in an unknown language: 'melo kira tan' = 'the dog runs,' 'melo bira tan' = 'the cat runs,' 'melo kira pun' = 'the dog sleeps.' What does 'kira' mean?

Accepted Answer

dog

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runs

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the

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sleeps

Question 2

In an unknown language: 'aba keri' = 'red house,' 'aba moli' = 'red car,' 'fesi keri' = 'big house.' What is 'big car'?

Accepted Answer

fesi moli

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aba keri

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moli fesi

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keri aba

Question 3

Given: 'noka tali resa' = 'the boy eats bread,' 'noka tali gebu' = 'the boy eats fish,' 'sira tali resa' = 'the girl eats bread.' What is the word order?

Accepted Answer

Subject-Verb-Object

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Verb-Subject-Object

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Subject-Object-Verb

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Object-Verb-Subject

Question 4

Study these sentences: 'paku lo men' = 'I see you,' 'paku men lo' = 'you see me,' 'paku lo sen' = 'I see him.' What does 'paku' mean?

Accepted Answer

see

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I

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you

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him

Question 5

In an unknown language: 'domo-la' = 'in the house,' 'domo-ke' = 'from the house,' 'parku-la' = 'in the park.' What does '-la' mean?

Accepted Answer

in

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house

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from

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park

Question 6

Given: 'mir tuka' = 'two birds,' 'mir geba' = 'two fish,' 'sol tuka' = 'three birds,' 'pen geba' = 'five fish.' Numbers come first. What is 'three fish'?

Accepted Answer

sol geba

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geba sol

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mir sol

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tuka pen