Artificial Language - Study Mode

[#1] Here are some words translated from an artificial language. I. dionot means oak tree II. blyonot means oak leaf III. blycrin means maple leaf Which word could mean "maple syrup"?
Correct Answer

(C) patricrin
(G) patricrin
(K) patricrin

Explanation

Solution: In this language, the adjective follows the noun. From dionot and blyonot , you can determine that 'onot' means oak. From blyonot and blycrin , you can determine that bly means leaf. Therefore, crin means maple. Because the adjective maple comes after the noun, patricrin is the only possible choice.

[#2] Here are some words translated from an artificial language. I. slar means jump II. slary means jumping III. slarend means jumped Which word could mean "playing"?
Correct Answer

(B) clargy

Explanation

Solution: According to this language, slar means jump. The suffix -ing is represented by -y. Since choice b is the only one that ends in the letter y, this is the only possible option.

[#3] Here are some words translated from an artificial language. I. agnoscrenia means poisonous spider II. delanocrenia means poisonous snake III. agnosdeery means brown spider Which word could mean "black widow spider"?
Correct Answer

(C) agnosvitriblunin

Explanation

Solution: In this language, the noun appears first and the adjectives follow. Since agnos means spider and should appear first, choices a and d can be ruled out. Choice b can be ruled out because delano means snake.

[#4] Here are some words translated from an artificial language. I. moolokarn means blue sky II. wilkospadi means bicycle race III. moolowilko means blue bicycle Which word could mean "racecar"?
Correct Answer

(D) spadivolo

Explanation

Solution: From wilkospadi , you can determine that wilko means bicicyle and spadi means race. Therefore, the first part of the word that means racecar should begin with spadi . That limits your choices to b and d. Choice b, spadiwilko , is incorrect because we have already determined that wilkomeans bicycle. Therefore, the answer must be choice d, spadivolo .

[#5] Here are some words translated from an artificial language. I. godabim means kidney stones II. romzbim means kidney beans III. romzbako means wax beans Which word could mean "wax statue"?
Correct Answer

(C) wasibako

Explanation

Solution: In this language, the adjective follows the noun. From godabim and romzbim , you can determine that bim means kidney. From romzbim and romzbako , you can determine that romz means beans. Therefore, bako means wax. Because the adjective wax must come after the noun in this language, wasibako is the only choice.