The Crazy Difficult Linguistics Question That 13-Year Olds Are Asked When Applying For Britain's Top Prep School
Eton is one of the oldest and most prestigious
It's also spectacularly difficult to get into. Reddit user ViktorBir posted the examination for the King's Scholarship to the Linguistics subreddit.
There are two main ways into Eton after a
One of the questions is a fascinating and difficult linguistics problem, asking test takers to figure out the grammar and syntax of a totally invented
It's similar to tests given to those in the army who want to become signals interceptors, and at the International Linguistics Olympiad.
Here's the question. On its own, it's pretty solvable. But keep in mind:
- It's one of four questions on the exam.
- It's not the longest, or the hardest.
- Candidates have an hour and a half to finish them all.
- It's for 13-year-olds.
And now, here's what Reddit commentators came up for the answers, and what we figured out based on how they outlined the structure of the language:
(A)
i) Writer = Waldan
ii) The = Had
iii) Offices = Bawaltin
iv) And = Sa
(B)
i) You are = Razo
ii) He is = Raza
iii) They are = Razan
iv) You will write = Fawalo
v) He was = Raza gan
vi) They were working = Makan gan
(C)
i) Pe balattin pe London maku = I work in schools in London
ii) Pe had bawalom lata fa = He will teach in the library
iii) Walo gan sa kawan gan = You wrote and they ate
iv) Had bakawtin pe banar razan gan = The restaurants/eateries were in a stadium
(D)
Can have any number of answers, the more creative the better, despite the limited vocabulary. Take a shot in the comments.
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