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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6767 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 49 of 164 30 June 2006 at 10:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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I must be the only one here who finds these quite easy (and fun). :)
What a fascinating test! Regarding "Telet": 4a) Clearly -ka is an accusative suffix, so "pik pitit kepelka" means "The horse knows a cockerel". And so on... 4b) Telet nouns apparently undergo a vowel shift for plurals. I love the verbs. :) kepel (cockerel) -> kopol (cockerels) etc. (Yeah, I'm a nerd.) Edited by Captain Haddock on 30 June 2006 at 11:00am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6867 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 50 of 164 30 June 2006 at 11:20am | IP Logged | |||||
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In the first question, I said that "led" was the irregular verb they were after. Was that correct?
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7014 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 51 of 164 30 June 2006 at 11:40am | IP Logged | |||||
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I thought it was "meet" because all the other verbs with an actual "ee" (as opposed to an "ea") use a "p" in the past tense, but "met" doesn't have one.
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| breckes Triglot Groupie Belgium Joined 6798 days ago 84 posts - 89 votes Speaks: French*, English, Russian Studies: Italian, Dutch, Swedish | Message 52 of 164 30 June 2006 at 11:52am | IP Logged | |||||
Actually, the test entitled "Russian (Course B: Beginners) - Language Aptitude Test" is the same kind of test. And here are other similar funny tests. Edited by breckes on 30 June 2006 at 11:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lady_skywalker Triglot Senior Member Netherlands aspiringpolyglotblog Joined 6889 days ago 909 posts - 942 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian | Message 53 of 164 30 June 2006 at 11:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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That test looked scary! While I'm sure I could do it if I wanted to, I'd rather test my aptitude by learning a new language than taking that test. Good thing I never applied to Oxford. :p
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| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6856 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 54 of 164 30 June 2006 at 11:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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I thought for question 1 that the answer would be "read", because it is the only verb that goes through no visible change.
Also, all of the ee verbs get shorted to a single e in the past tense, but the ea verbs retain both letters. But I suppose since read already ends in the letter "d", that no additional "t" is needed. I only did a quick skim of the other questions. I was already noticing some patterns of the Lithuanian genetive. No, contrary to my first post, this all looks like fun. And, since we are all autodidacts, we know that we're all free to explore this as much we like. We shall not be limited by institutions and their rules. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6856 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 55 of 164 30 June 2006 at 11:55am | IP Logged | |||||
Good answer, good answer! That makes complete sense. I thought (see above) that it would be read, but no, if that were true, then the past tense would be "red". But if "lead" were to follow the other rules of the ea verbs, then its past tense should be "lead". 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6856 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 56 of 164 30 June 2006 at 12:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm trying the test for Bororo now. I'm at question number 5. I felt I was getting a handle on the patterns, but 5 is a stumper. Don't tell me the answer!
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