CH 80

Chapter 80. [Japanese Linguistics Olympic]

I’ve been getting tangled up with a male student recently.

[Irohaaaaa! You have to play with me!]

“Oh, let’s see… You’re something-kun, right?”

[Don’t tell me you still don’t remember?]

With a thud, the boy collapsed to his knees.

How should I put it? His movements are noisy. No, it is strange to be noisy when I’m lip-reading.

The boy is a former 4th heavenly king who confessed his love to me some time ago.

I’m sorry. I can’t remember your name.

Probably because I was too uninterested in him.

Hm? I mean, it’s not my fault, right?

He should come back when he’s a VTuber. I’ll learn it in an instant.

If you’re a pretty girl, even better!

[And anyway, let’s play! Iroha, you’re going to enter JOL, aren’t you?]

“No, I’m not.”

[Yes, you are. I’m sure you’re right. Why don’t you enter?]

JOL stands for Japan Olympic of Linguistics.

It’s a contest in which theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, applied linguistics, and so on are examined.

It’s one of the International Science Olympics for junior high and high school students they held every summer.

You can think of it as a relative of the Arithmetic Olympic.

JOL, huh? Yes, the school did send me an invitation. But why should I participate in such a troublesome thing?

[Hmmm… I see. Iroha, you said you’re willing to go out with someone who has better language skills than you, right?]

“!?!?!? I didn’t say that!”

[No, don’t worry about it. I understand how you feel. Loneliness is the result of talent!]

“Wait? Don’t go on and on about it by yourself.”

[Don’t worry. I’m the only one who can understand your loneliness. I know you don’t have enough tits like my mama, but I forgive you. So, let’s get together with me this time! And for that, I’ll give you an entry.]

I flicked his outstretched hand.

Yeah. It’s annoying.

But this guy has a strong mentality even though he’s being treated so poorly. Or rather, he’s stubborn!

If he comes this far, it’ll be quicker to end it if I deal with him quickly.

Ah, whatever.

Let’s do my best to watch VTubers for even one second longer, shall I?

“You don’t have to make an entry. I’ll beat you to the punch right here.”

I gave them a challenging look, yes.

The boys took out their problem books as if to say, “We’ve been waiting for you!” and pulled out a problem book.

A nearby student took it.

The randomly selected questions were presented, and the game began.

* * *

Question 1. Indonesian language

Jalan → road

Berjalan → walk

Berkeringat → sweating

Keringatan → drenched in sweat

Nafas → breath

duri → thorn

Q1. Translate keringat into Japanese

Q2. Translate “breathe” into Indonesian

Q3. Translate “covered with thorns” into Indonesian

I answered immediately.

“Q1. Sweat, Q2. Bernafas, Q3. Durian.”

[Damn, you’re good! You can speak Indonesian very well without solving it.]

As expected of a genius. Good guess.

This question was originally intended to be solved by extracting the same words, identifying the grammar based on their variations, and deriving the answer in reverse.

But alas, I’m afraid not.

There is a branch office of a major company in Indonesia, and many of my oshis are there. Naturally, I have already learned Indonesian.

* * *

Question 2. Swahili

Nilipika -> I cooked

Anapika -> He’s cooking

Ninajenga -> I’m building? → He built.

Q. What words apply to ????

Again, it was a blink of an eye.

“Alijenga.”

[What the! It’s too fast!?]

Is it getting to be a battle of reactions?

Well, it’s okay.

Since it was held in a classroom, the gallery gradually gathered.

The crowd was surprised to hear the outside world.

[I wonder if God Iroha has even mastered Swahili?]

I wondered.

I rushed to the next question as if to deceive them.

***

Question 3. Tongan

Valu ono = 86

Tolu tolu tolu hiva hiva

Taha tolu fitu noa hiva taha noa

Ua nima X fa taha noa noa

Q1. Translate 324 into Tongan.

Q2. Translate 1228 into Tongan.

Q3. Translate fitu ua valu into arithmetic numbers.

The last question was also a moment.

“Q1. tolu ua fā, Q2. taha ua ua valu, Q3. 728.”

[Hah! That’s Tongan! I mean, what’s Tongan? I don’t know it either! No way, You’ve already mastered this language. No, no, no, that’s impossible!]

That’s impossible.

I’ve never even heard of this language.

[I can understand the first 2 questions. But this problem is so easy to solve that no matter how hard you try, you can solve it instantly. How on earth did you solve it? No, you didn’t solve it in the first place? Is there some trick to it? After all, this is.]

Well, you’re perceptive, aren’t you?

The boy is right.

I didn’t solve this problem.

And I didn’t know this language until just now.

I mean – I just learned it.