A Killer Puzzle
I’ve been translating a lot of linguistics puzzles lately. Now it is my turn to create a new linguistics puzzle. Here are some English phrases with their Russian translations:
- John killed Mary — Джон убил Мэри
- Mary killed Sam — Мэри убила Сэма
- Sam killed John — Сэм убил Джона
Your task is to translate into Russian the following sentences:
- John killed Sam
- Mary killed John
- Sam killed Mary
Bonus question. Have you noticed any signs that I am getting tired of linguistics?
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Interested Person:
Джон убил Сэм.
26 May 2010, 9:31 pmМэри убила Джон.
Сэм убил Мэри.
Also interested person:
No, isn’t it
Джон убил Сэма.
Мэри убила Джона.
Сэм убил Мэри.
?
3 April 2011, 11:48 amTanya Khovanova:
Also interested person is right.
3 April 2011, 11:53 am