International Grammar Day

Question 1

Some languages switch scripts, others borrow lots of words. Which of these Tagalog words has a Spanish influence?

Accepted Answer

mensahe

Question 2

Final challenge! Which language uses particles like ‘laa’ to change the meaning of a sentence?

Accepted Answer

Cantonese

Question 3

Serbian is unique in a different way than German - it uses two writing systems. What are they?

Accepted Answer

Cyrillic & Latin

Question 4

Some English words work both as nouns and verbs, but they are pronounced differently. Where is the stress in this word?

Accepted Answer

object (front)

Question 5

In Hungarian, words are high, low or mixed based on their vowels (front vowels are high, back are low). This word is...

Accepted Answer

high

Question 6

Let's do some myth busting! Which of following is NOT true about grammar?

Accepted Answer

Grammar is unchanging.

Question 7

In Korean and Japanese, different words are used for counting depending on the type of thing being counted.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Which of these languages have or used to have grammatical gender?

Accepted Answer

German, French, English

Questions 8