Problem:IOL/2004/i5/en

IOL 2004 Problem #5 Chuvash
The table below contains Chuvash verbs (in Latin transliteration) and their English translations. Some of the data has been left out.

(a) Fill in the gaps. If in some cases you cannot find a Chuvash verb with certainty, indicate it. Explain your solution.

⚠ ă is pronounced as a short a, ĕ is pronounced as a short e, ü is pronounced similarly to English ew as in stew, ç is pronounced similarly to English c as in cereal, č is pronounced similarly to English ch as in church. Chuvash is a Turkic language. It is spoken by some 1.5 million people in Chuvashia and some other regions of Russian Federation.

—Boris L. Iomdin