Problem:IOL/2015/i2/en(A)

IOL 2015 Problem #2 Kabardian
Here are some verb forms of the Beslenei dialect of Kabardian (subdialect of Ulyap village, Republic of Adygea) in Roman transcription with stress marked and their English translations:

(a) Translate into Enlish:
 * ʒeq̇én, medéf, medáfe, səfə́n, megʷəš’ə́ʔe, mebə́b.


 * Here are several more Beslenei words:

(b) Translate into English:
 * c̣entχʷéfme, šxáfexeq̇əm, bəbə́ft, šxet, ṭəgʷərəgʷə́peme.

(c) Translate into Beslenei:
 * (they) are sewing; (they) are pretending to fly; (he/she) really was burning; (he/she) isn’t able to eat; if (they) are speaking; (they) are biting.
 * Be sure to mark the stresses.

⚠ Kabardian belongs to the Abkhaz–Adyghe group of the North Caucasian family. It is spoken in the Russian Federation (516 000 people), as well as in Turkey and other countries in the Middle East. c̣, gʷ, q̇, š, š’, ṭ, x, χʷ, ʒ, ʔ are consonants; ə is a vowel. The mark  ́  indicates stress.

—Peter Arkadiev