DLAB Morphological Analysis

Question 1

In a language, 'patal' means 'walk,' 'patalis' means 'walked,' and 'patalin' means 'will walk.' What are the tense suffixes for past and future?

Accepted Answer

-is for past, -in for future

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-in for past, -is for future

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-lis for past, -lin for future

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-al for past, -in for future

Question 2

Given: 'domek' = 'small house,' 'kotek' = 'small cat,' 'dom' = 'house,' 'kot' = 'cat.' What is the diminutive suffix?

Accepted Answer

-ek

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-k

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-tek

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-mek

Question 3

Study: 'makan' = 'eat,' 'memakan' = 'to eat (active),' 'dimakan' = 'to be eaten (passive).' What are the active and passive prefixes?

Accepted Answer

me- for active, di- for passive

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mem- for active, dim- for passive

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mema- for active, dima- for passive

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me- for active, d- for passive

Question 4

In this language: 'bira' = 'big,' 'birabira' = 'very big,' 'kela' = 'fast,' 'kelakela' = 'very fast.' What morphological process intensifies adjectives?

Accepted Answer

Full reduplication

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Prefixation

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Suffixation

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Partial reduplication

Question 5

Given: 'gul' = 'flower,' 'gul-lar' = 'flowers,' 'ev' = 'house,' 'ev-ler' = 'houses.' The plural suffix changes form. What determines whether it's '-lar' or '-ler'?

Accepted Answer

Vowel harmony with the last vowel of the stem

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The number of syllables in the word

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Whether the word ends in a consonant

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Random variation

Question 6

Study: 'write' = 'graf,' 'writer' = 'graf-or,' 'rewrite' = 're-graf,' 'rewriter' = 're-graf-or.' What is the order of prefix and suffix application?

Accepted Answer

Prefix first, then suffix

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Suffix first, then prefix

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Both apply simultaneously

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Order doesn't matter