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IOL 2004 Problem #1 Kayapo
Consider the following sentences in Kayapo language (printed in Latin transliteration) and their English translations:
| 1. | Atoro kêt. | You are not dancing. |
| 2. | Ba mẽ mẽ anhê. | We are decorating you guys. |
| 3. | Ba rê. | I am swimming. |
| 4. | Ga iku. | You are devouring me. |
| 5. | Ga mẽ to. | You guys are dancing. |
| 6. | Ije mẽ akuru kêt. | I am not devouring you guys. |
| 7. | Mẽ aje inhêrê kêt. | You guys are not decorating me. |
| 8. | Mẽ irêrê kêt. | We are not swimming. |
(a) Translate into English; if you believe that some sentences have several translations, give all of them:
| 9. | Aje ikuru kêt. |
| 10. | Ba mẽ aku. |
| 11. | Irêrê kêt. |
(b) Translate into Kayapo:
| 12. | You guys are not devouring us. |
| 13. | We are not decorating you guys. |
| 14. | We are dancing. |
| 15. | I am devouring you. |
⚠ ẽ and ê are specific vowels of Kayapo. Kayapo is an Indian language (Ge family). It is spoken by some 4000 people in Brazil.
—Peter A. Zubkov