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Artificial language questions give a few phrases in a made-up language with their meanings. Match the words that repeat across phrases to work out what each coded word means.
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Find the syllable that repeats in two words whose meanings share an English word; that syllable means that word. Split the rest by subtraction. Then check the order: here the describing word comes first, as in English (sun-light).
Map the syllables first, then look at WHERE the shared syllable sits. If the thing being described always comes first (horse-wild for "wild horse"), this language puts the main word first. Build the answer in that order.
Some syllables work like English prefixes and suffixes (un-, mis-, -ness, -er). Find them the same way: the syllable shared by unhappy and unkind means un-. If the target uses a word that was never translated, the answer must contain a NEW syllable for it.
Split the word into syllables you have already identified, translate each one, and put the English words in natural English order. Work out each syllable from the given words, never from how it sounds.
5 solved Artificial Language questions
In an invented language:
- pesragorun = sunlight
- gorunvedi = lighthouse
- lumotavik = raincoat
Which word would most likely mean "moonlight"?
Solution — answer C
gorun is in sunlight and lighthouse, so gorun = light. The describing word comes first, so moonlight is a new syllable for moon followed by gorun: zilkagorun. gorunzilka has the wrong order, lumogorun uses lumo (rain), and zilkavedi would mean moon house.
4 steps · reveal one at a timeStep 1: Find common words
Let's look for words that appear in more than one given phrase. The word "gorun" appears in both "pesragorun" (sunlight) and "gorunvedi" (lighthouse). Both "sunlight" and "lighthouse" share the concept of light.
Step 2: Identify 'light'
Since "gorun" is the common part in words meaning sunlight and lighthouse, we can deduce that gorun means light. This is a key piece of information for building our new word.
Step 3: Determine word order
From "pesragorun" (sunlight), we see that the descriptive part "sun" (pesra) comes before "light" (gorun). Similarly, for "moonlight", we expect the word for moon to come before light (gorun).
Step 4: The answer
So the answer is (C) zilkagorun. This option correctly places a new word for 'moon' (zilka) before 'light' (gorun), following the established pattern. Other options either have the wrong order or use incorrect word parts like 'rain' or 'house'.
In an invented language:
- wenatulo = river boat
- tulokesh = boat race
- drimwena = long river
What does drimkesh most likely mean?
Solution — answer C
tulo = boat (river boat, boat race), so kesh = race; wena = river, so drim = long. drimkesh = long race.
4 steps · reveal one at a timeStep 1: Identify common words
Let's look at the given phrases to find common words. We have 'wenatulo = river boat' and 'tulokesh = boat race'. The common word part here is tulo.
Step 2: Deduce word meanings
Since tulo is common to 'river boat' and 'boat race', tulo must mean boat. This means kesh from 'tulokesh' means race. From 'wenatulo = river boat', wena means river. Finally, from 'drimwena = long river', drim must mean long.
Step 3: Combine for solution
Now we need to find the meaning of drimkesh. We've deduced that drim means long and kesh means race. Putting these together, drimkesh most likely means long race.
Step 4: The answer
So the answer is (C) long race. We found that 'drim' means 'long' and 'kesh' means 'race', making 'drimkesh' mean 'long race'.
In an invented language:
- narupeli = bright star
- pelikoso = starfish
- narumoda = bright moon
Which part of these words means "star"?
Solution — answer C
Star appears in bright star and starfish; the only syllable in both is peli. naru means bright.
4 steps · reveal one at a timeStep 1: Find words with 'star'
First, let's identify the phrases that contain the word "star". These are "bright star" and "starfish". We need to find the common part in their invented words.
Step 2: Compare invented words
The invented word for "bright star" is narupeli. The invented word for "starfish" is pelikoso. We are looking for the part that means "star".
Step 3: Identify common part
By comparing narupeli and pelikoso, we can see that the common part in both words is peli. This must be the part that means "star".
Step 4: The answer
So the answer is (C) peli. The syllable 'peli' is the only part common to both 'narupeli' (bright star) and 'pelikoso' (starfish), indicating it means 'star'.
In a certain code language, 'ki ro ta' means 'bring cold water', 'ma lu ki' means 'drink cold milk', and 'pe ma ro' means 'drink warm water'. Which code stands for "cold"?
Solution — answer D
Cold is in the first two sentences; their only shared code is ki, and ki is not in the third sentence (which has no cold). So cold = ki.
4 steps · reveal one at a timeStep 1: Identify "cold" sentences
We want to find the code for the word "cold". Let's look at the given statements. "cold" appears in the first sentence ('bring cold water') and the second sentence ('drink cold milk').
Step 2: Compare common codes
The code for 'bring cold water' is 'ki ro ta'. The code for 'drink cold milk' is 'ma lu ki'. The only code word that is common to both of these sentences is 'ki'.
Step 3: Verify with other sentences
The third sentence, 'drink warm water', does not contain "cold". Its code is 'pe ma ro'. Since 'ki' is not present in 'pe ma ro', this confirms that 'ki' must be the code for "cold".
Step 4: The answer
So the answer is (D) ki, because 'ki' is the only code word common to the two phrases that contain 'cold', and it is absent from the phrase that does not.
These words come from a made-up language:
- kerbomath = firewood
- mathlupi = woodwork
- sindakerbo = campfire
How would you say "firework" in it?
Solution — answer A
kerbo is in firewood and campfire, so kerbo = fire; math = wood, so lupi = work. Describing word first: firework = kerbolupi. lupikerbo is reversed, mathkerbo means wood fire, and kerbosinda means fire camp.
5 steps · reveal one at a timeStep 1: Break Down Words
Let's look at the words we have: kerbomath = firewood, mathlupi = woodwork, and sindakerbo = campfire. Our goal is to figure out what each part of these words means.
Step 2: Identify Core Meanings
The word part kerbo appears in both 'firewood' (kerbomath) and 'campfire' (sindakerbo). This tells us that kerbo means fire. Similarly, math is in 'firewood' (kerbomath) and 'woodwork' (mathlupi), so math means wood.
Step 3: Deduce Remaining Parts
Now we can find the rest. Since mathlupi is 'woodwork' and math is 'wood', then lupi must mean work. Also, since sindakerbo is 'campfire' and kerbo is 'fire', then sinda must mean camp.
Step 4: Form the New Word
We want to say 'firework'. We found that fire is kerbo and work is lupi. Following the pattern where the describing word comes first (like 'firewood' is kerbomath), 'firework' should be kerbolupi.
Step 5: The answer
So the answer is (A) kerbolupi. This correctly combines 'fire' (kerbo) and 'work' (lupi) in the right order to form 'firework'.
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