First, you will be given a list of three “nonsense” words and their English word meanings. The question(s) that follow will ask you to reverse the process and translate an English word into the artificial language.
1. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. (4)
- gorblflur means fan belt
- pixngorbl means ceiling fan
- arthtusl means tile roof
- Which word could mean “ceiling tile”?
- 1. gorbltusl
- 2. flurgorbl
- 3. arthflur
- 4. pixnarth
2. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. (4)
- hapllesh means cloudburst
- srenchoch means pinball
- resbosrench means ninepin
- Which word could mean “cloud nine”?
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- 1. leshsrench
- 2. ochhapl
- 3. haploch
- 4. haplresbo
3. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. (3)
- agnoscrenia means poisonous spider
- delanocrenia means poisonous snake
- agnosdeery means brown spider
- Which word could mean “black widow spider”?
- 1. deeryclostagnos
- 2. agnosdelano
- 3. agnosvitriblunin
- 4. trymuttiagnos
4. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. (4)
- moolokarn means blue sky
- wilkospadi means bicycle race
- moolowilko means blue bicycle
- Which word could mean “racecar”?
- 1. wilkozwet
- 2. spadiwilko
- 3. moolobreil
- 4. spadivolo
5. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. (4)
- migenlasan means cupboard
- lasanpoen means boardwalk
- cuopdansa means pullman
- Which word could mean “walkway”?
- 1. poenmigen
- 2. cuopeisel
- 3. lasandansa
- 4. poenforc