Artificial Language

You will first see three artificial "nonsense" words and their English meanings. Later, you’ll be asked to translate a given English word back into the artificial language using the rules you’ve learned.

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Question 1

In a certain language:

  • 'mit na kot' means 'ball is round'
  • 'kot ta pau' means 'round or square'
  • 'mit lig pau' means 'ball and square'

What is the word for 'and' in this language?

  • mit

  • kot

  • lig

  • pau

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Question 2

In Zubish language:

  • 'tik-tok' means 'watch'
  • 'tok-tik-tok' means 'stop watch'
  • 'tok-tok-tik' means 'watch stop'

What is the word for 'stop' in Zubish?

  • tik

  • tok

  • stop

  • watch

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Question 3

In the Gloop language:

  • 'flup' means 'hot'
  • 'borp' means 'very'
  • 'nix' means 'cold'
  • 'flup borp' means 'very hot'

How would you say 'very cold' in Gloop?

  • borp flup

  • nix borp

  • borp nix

  • flup nix

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Question 4

In the language of Planet Zorg:

  • 'blip blop' means 'cold water'
  • 'blip blap' means 'hot water'
  • 'blop nark' means 'cold season'

What is the word for 'cold' in this language?

  • blip

  • blop

  • nark

  • blap

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Question 5

In a coded language:

  • 'la fa ni' means 'box is small'
  • 'la jo si' means 'box is big'
  • 'si ho ni' means 'ball is small'

What does 'fa' mean in this language?

  • ball

  • box

  • small

  • is

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Question 6

In the Blink language:

  • 'snik smak' means 'blue sky'
  • 'smak flod' means 'sky high'
  • 'flod biz' means 'very high'

What is the correct translation for 'very blue' in Blink?

  • flod snik

  • biz snik

  • snik flod

  • snik biz

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Question 7

In a certain code:

  • 'pit dat tom' means 'Rahul is tall'
  • 'tom kit dat' means 'Sheela is tall'
  • 'dit pit hom' means 'Rahul is short'

Which word stands for 'is' in this code?

  • pit

  • dat

  • tom

  • kit

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Question 8

In the Quack language:

  • 'quack-a-doo' means 'red color'
  • 'quack-a-quack' means 'blue color'
  • 'doo-a-moo' means 'red bird'

What does 'moo-a-quack' most likely mean?

  • red bird

  • blue bird

  • blue color

  • red color

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Question 9

In a strange language:

  • 'zip zap' means 'drink water'
  • 'zap zop' means 'water fall'
  • 'zip zun' means 'drink milk'

How do you say 'milk fall' in this language?

  • zun zop

  • zip zop

  • zop zun

  • zun zip

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Question 10

In the language of the Zorks:

  • 'blik prep blop' means 'star is bright'
  • 'prep blop trok' means 'is bright light'
  • 'trok blik frep' means 'light star dim'

What is the Zork word for 'dim'?

  • blik

  • prep

  • trok

  • frep

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