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=== IOL 2003 Problem #2 Egyptian Arabic ===
=== IOL 2003 Problem #1 Transcedental Algebra ===
In 1916 the Russian scholar Jacob Linzbach invented a universal writing system, which he thought should be understandable to all people, regardless of their native tongue. Linzbach called his new language "Transcedental Algebra".
Below you see arithmetic equalities written in Egyptian Arabic. All summands, as well as all sums except the last one, are represented as fractions in which neither the numerators nor the denominators are greater than 10, nor is any denominator equal to 1:


Several sentences have been written in Linzbach's language and translated into English:
<center>(1) ''tumn + tumnēn = talatt itmān'' </center>
<center>(2) ''sabaʕt itlāt + suds = ʕašart irbāʕ'' </center>
<center>(3) ''tusʕēn + tusʕ = sudsēn'' </center>
<center>(4) ''xamast ixmās + subʕ = tamant isbāʕ'' </center>
<center>(5) ''subʕēn + xumsēn = <math>\frac{24}{35}</math>'' </center>


{| class="wikitable"
'''(a)''' Write these equalities in figures.
|-
|1.||
[[File:1.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''The father and the brother are talking.''
|-
|2.||
[[File:2.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''The giants are working without haste.''
|-
|3.||
[[File:3.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''The orphans are writing a letter.''
|-
|4.||
[[File:4.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''It wasn't us who wrote about you (sg.).''
|-
| 5.||
[[File:5.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''It was not by her that the letter was written.''
|-
| 6.||
[[File:6.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''The father doesn't like the work.''
|-
| 7.||
[[File:7.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''The wicked giant ate the parents.''
|-
|8.||
[[File:8.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
||''She is not in a hurry.''
|}


'''(a)''' Translate into English:
'''(b)''' The equality ''rubʕ + ʕašart itsāʕ = sabaʕt isdās'' is missing a sign. Which one?
{|
|-
| align="right" |9.|| [[File:9.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
|-
| align="right" |10.|| [[File:10.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
|-
| align="right" |11.|| [[File:11.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
|-
| align="right" |12.|| [[File:12.jpg|frameless|left|x60px]]
|}


'''(b)''' Write in "Transcedental Algebra":
{|
|-
| align="right" | 13.||''It wasn't about them that my husband and I (''say:'' I and the husband) talked.''
|-
| align="right" |14.|| ''The people are working reluctantly.''
|-
| align="right" |15.||''The good widow loves the unemployed dwarf.''
|-
| align="right" | 16. ||''You (pl.) will be talked about.''
|}


Explain your solution.
⚠ The letter ''š'' is pronounced as English ''sh'', ''x'' as the ''ch'' in ''loch''; ''ʕ'' is a specific Arabic consonant. A bar above a vowel indicates length.


—Ksenia Giliarova
—Ivan Derzhanski

Latest revision as of 14:42, 2 May 2020

IOL 2003 Problem #1 Transcedental Algebra

In 1916 the Russian scholar Jacob Linzbach invented a universal writing system, which he thought should be understandable to all people, regardless of their native tongue. Linzbach called his new language "Transcedental Algebra".

Several sentences have been written in Linzbach's language and translated into English:

1.
The father and the brother are talking.
2.
The giants are working without haste.
3.
The orphans are writing a letter.
4.
It wasn't us who wrote about you (sg.).
5.
It was not by her that the letter was written.
6.
The father doesn't like the work.
7.
The wicked giant ate the parents.
8.
She is not in a hurry.

(a) Translate into English:

9.
10.
11.
12.

(b) Write in "Transcedental Algebra":

13. It wasn't about them that my husband and I (say: I and the husband) talked.
14. The people are working reluctantly.
15. The good widow loves the unemployed dwarf.
16. You (pl.) will be talked about.

Explain your solution.

—Ksenia Giliarova

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