SECTION B The following exercises require you to: i) translate between English and an invented language, Qazju; ii) work out some basic aspects of Qazju’s grammar, using the provided English translations to help you. Please note the following observations about Qazju: 1) like English, Qazju has a fixed word order (e.g. only love John” not love I” “I “John or I love”); “John 2) like English, Qazju has singular (“cat”) and plural (“cats”) nouns; 3) like English, Qazju differentiates between different ways of expressing the past tense, for example ate” and have eaten”; “I “I 4) partly like English, Qazju adds endings to a basic syllable to change its grammar (e.g. > > “cat” “cats”, “love” “loved”) 5) however, Qazju is different from English in that it does not have words for “the”, or There is no way to distinguish between indefinite (e.g. cat”) and “a” “an”. “a definite (“the cat”) nouns. You will be given a set of sample sentences in Qazju with their English translation. In order to translate between the two languages, you will need to examine and compare the in order to work out Qazju’s sample Qazju sentences and their English translation vocabulary and how its words and sentences are put together. Be very careful when translating that you i) put the words in the correct order; ii) choose the appropriate verb tense; iii) use the correct noun form (i.e. singular or plural). You may find it helpful to compile a list’ for Qazju as you go along (this will not ‘vocabulary be assessed) a grid is provided for you at the end of the test paper. – Total marks available for the test: 16 marks. You should spend 20-30 minutes on this section.
SECTION B The following exercises require you to: i) translate between English and an invented language, Qazju; ii) work out some basic aspects of Qazju’s grammar, using the provided English translations to help you. Please note the following observations about Qazju: 1) like English, Qazju has a fixed word order (e.g. only “I love John” not “John love I” or “John I love”); 2) like English, Qazju has singular (“cat”) and plural (“cats”) nouns; 3) like English, Qazju differentiates between different ways of expressing the past tense, for example “I ate” and “I have eaten”; 4) partly like English, Qazju adds endings to a basic syllable to change its grammar (e.g. “cat” > “cats”, “love” > “loved”) 5) however, Qazju is different from English in that it does not have words for “the”, “a” or “an”. There is no way to distinguish between indefinite (e.g. “a cat”) and definite (“the cat”) nouns. You will be given a set of sample sentences in Qazju with their English translation. In order to translate between the two languages, you will need to examine and compare the sample Qazju sentences and their English translation in order to work out Qazju’s vocabulary and how its words and sentences are put together. Be very careful when translating that you i) put the words in the correct order; ii) choose the appropriate verb tense; iii) use the correct noun form (i.e. singular or plural). You may find it helpful to compile a ‘vocabulary list’ for Qazju as you go along (this will not be assessed) – a grid is provided for you at the end of the test paper. Total marks available for the test: 16 marks. You should spend 20-30 minutes on this section.
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