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IOL 2003 Problem #4 Adyghe
Several sentences in Adyghe are written in a simplified romanisation and accompanied by their English translations:
1. | śanyćyr hakum deʁəuco. | He puts the kettle into the stove. |
2. | syda laʁəm tyriʒərər? | What does he throw onto the plate? |
3. | aχśər pχwantym tyreʁafə. | He drops the money onto the chest. |
4. | śywanyr ʔanym tyreʁəuco. | He puts the cauldron onto the table. |
5. | syda pχənṭəḳum ć̣iʁafərər? | What does he drop under the stool? |
6. | laʁər tyda zyć̣iʁəucorər? | Where does he put the plate? |
7. | laʁər tyda zytyriʒərər? | Where does he throw the plate? |
(a) Offer more precise translations of sentences 6 and 7 (even if they don't sounds quite so natural in English).
(b) Translate into English:
8. | pχənṭəḳur hakum deʒə. |
9. | aχśər tyda zydiʁafərər? |
(c) Translate into Adyghe:
10. | He puts the plate under the kettle. |
11. | What does he throw under the chest? |
12. | What does he drop into the cauldron? |
(d) Translate into Adyghe in all possible ways:
13. | Where does he put the table? |
⚠ ć, ć̣, ḳ, ʁ, ś, ṭ, χ, ʒ, ʔ are specific consonants, ə and y are vowels of the Adyghe langyage. The Adyghe language is of the Abkhaz-Adyghean (North West Caucasian) language family. It is spoken by over 300 thousand people, mostly in the Republic of Adyghea (Russian Federation).
—Yakov Testelets