Martian grammar: Activity 2

Aliens have landed on Earth, but don’t worry: they come in peace. Or at least, we think they do, but we can’t quite understand what they’re talking about.

Their language is not familiar and even highly trained experts are struggling to work out what they are saying. Your job is to work with the Martian examples that they have translated and work out some of the rules of their language. In doing so, you might even learn something about your own language.

First you will be given some examples of English clauses translated into Martian. You will then need to use these examples to solve the translation puzzle given on the next slide.

It may help to write out the Martian examples and try to break them into meaningful parts.

Note: If you have done the earlier lesson on Martian grammar, be warned that the Martian examples in this lesson come from a slightly different dialect. The rules of this dialect are slightly different.

Here are the examples of English clauses with Martian translations:

And here is your translation puzzle. These English examples need to be translated into Martian:

Are you ready to tackle a further challenge? These Martian messages need translating into English:

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