The concept of natural language

In English, we say 'I am hungry.' The French 'J'ai faim' literally translates to...

• I hungry (no verb to be)

• I am hungry

• I have hunger

• I want to eat.

In Arabic, we say 'a white and black TV.' In English...

• 'a white and black TV,' the same as in Arabic.

• 'a black and white TV.'

The French 'quatre-vingt-dix' translates literally to...

• 70

• ninety (90)

• four twenty ten (their word for 90)

• four twenties and ten (their word for 90)

In Irish Gaelic (the old language of Ireland),

when they want to say 'I am sad', it translates to:

• I am sad (same as English)

• I sad (no verb to be, like Arabic)

• I have sadness

• 'sadness is on me'

In Mandarin Chinese, when they literally say 'cover my ear while stealing a bell,' it actually means:

• to lie to yourself or deceive yourself

• to have a headache

• to cover your ears while stealing a bell

• to rob a bank

Which of the following is natural English:

• I made an accident

• I had an accident

• I accidented

• An accident happened to me.

In English, we say 'I made a mistake.' 'I did a mistake' is incorrect because:

• It's bad grammar.

• It's bad spelling.

• It's the wrong word order.

• It's not natural English.

Why do we say 'I have 20 years' in French, but 'I am 20 years old' in English?

• Every language has different grammar rules.

• Every language has a different way of 'putting words together.'

Words that are normally said together ('do' and 'homework'/'make' and 'dinner') are called:

• collections

• connotations

• conflations

• collocations

A piece of a sentence like 'on the other hand...' is called a 'phrase.'

• True

• False