Name: _______________________ MINI TEST 4 (07. 06.

2017)
Class: _______________________
Subject: MORPHOLOGY & SYNTAX
Time allotted: 30 minutes
(Students are not allowed to use any materials during the test.)
I. Analyze morphology in Telugu
Telugu is a Dravidian language which is spoken in southeastern India by about 70 million people. Examine the
Telugu words below and then answer the questions below.
cheppeenu 'I told' cheppavu 'You (sing.) will not tell'
cheppinchunu 'I cause to tell' cheppeevu 'You (sing.) told'
chuustaam 'We will see' cheppam 'We will not tell'
cheppeem 'We told' cheppeedu 'He told'
cheppanu 'I will not tell' chuuseedu 'He saw'
navvinchum 'We cause to laugh' chepparu 'You (pl.) will not tell'
chuustunnaadu 'He is seeing' kodatunnaayi 'They are beating'
cheppeeyi 'They told' cheestunnaanu 'I am doing'
kodataanu 'I will beat' adugutaam 'We will ask'
paadataanu 'I will sing' cheeseenu 'I did'
cheppeeru 'You (plural) told' adugutaadu 'He will ask'
What are the Telugu morphemes which correspond to the following English morphemes and concepts?
Pronouns Moods and Tenses Verbs
I: [past]: tell:
You (sing.): [present]: sing:
He: [future]: see:
We: [negative future]: laugh:
You (pl.): [causative]: ask:
They: beat:
do:
II. Analyze morphology in Turkish

Turkish is an Altaic language. It is the official language of Turkey and is spoken by about 50 million people
worldwide.
1. deniz 'an ocean' 9. elim 'my hand'
2. denize ' to an ocean' 10. eller 'hands'
3. denizin 'of an ocean' 11. dishler 'teeth'

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 4. eve 'to a house' 12. dishiminiz 'of our tooth'
5. evden 'from a house' 13. dishleriminiz 'of our teeth'

6. evjikden 'from a little house' 14. eljike 'to a little hand'

7. denizjikde 'in a little ocean' 15. denizlerimizde 'in our oceans'
8. elde 'in a hand' 16. evjiklerimizde 'in our little houses'

A. Give the Turkish morpheme which corresponds to each of the following English translations.
ocean: in: my:
house: to: of:
hand: from: our:
tooth: [plural]: little:
B. What is the order of morphemes in a Turkish word (in terms of noun, plural marker, etc.)?
C. How would you say "of our little hands" in Turkish?
D. Give the English translation for the Turkish form 'dishjiklerden'.
III. Morphology in Esperanto
Esperanto is an artificial language that was invented by Ludwig Zamenhof in 1887. It was designed to be easy
to learn and is based largely on the languages of western Europe. It is now primarily spoken in France,
although it may also be found in eastern Asia, South America and eastern Europe. There are now between
200-2,000 native speakers and about 2,000,000 people worldwide speak it as a second language.
Examine the following data from Esperanto and then answer the questions below:
1. bono goodness 11. portistino female porter
2. instrua instructive 12. pura pure
3. malfacila difficult 13. malbone badly
4. patrino mother 14. facile easily
5. instruisto teacher 15. bona good
6. porti to carry 16. malgranda small
7. facila easy 17. bone well
8. patro father 18. facilo easiness
9. portisto porter 19. granda big
10. instrui to instruct 20. instruo instruction
A. What are the morphemes that correspond to the following lexical categories and concepts?
i. Nouns iii. Adjectives v. Feminine
ii. Verbs iv. Adverbs vi. The opposite (not)

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B. Translate the following English words and phrases into Esperanto.
i. purity
ii. bad
iii. female teacher
IV. Morphology in Swahili
Swahili is a Bantu language which is spoken primarily in East Africa. There are approximately 800,000 native
speakers of Swahili, and some 30,000,000 people (!) worldwide speak Swahili as a second language.
anapenda 'he likes' alimona 'he saw him'
atapenda 'he will like' alimsaidia 'he helped him'
alipenda 'he liked' alimpiga 'he hit him'
amependa 'he has liked' alimchukua 'he carried him'
alinipenda 'he liked me' alimua 'he killed him'
alikupenda 'he liked you' ananitazama 'he looks at me'
alimpenda 'he liked him' atakusikia 'he will hear you'
alitupenda 'he liked us' alitupanya 'he cured us'
aliwapenda 'he liked them' ninakupenda 'I like you'
nitampenda 'I will like him' nitawapenda 'I will like them'
A. Identify the following morphemes in Swahili
Pronouns Tenses Verbs
he: [present]: see:
me: [future]: help:
you: [past]: hit:
him: [past part.]: carry:
us: kill:
them: look:
I: hear:
cure:
like:
B. Translate the following English sentences into Swahili:
i. He has hit me.
ii. He helps us.
iii. I will look at you