You are on an island and you meet three people, Jeswin, Parker and Crasbo. You know that they are either liars, knights or knaves (someone who alternates between truth and lie). They have a strange religion - for one half of the year they talk in English and for the other half they talk Gambalidarian (their language). Naturally, you arrive during the latter part of the year. You know that if you ask them what they are, they either say 'Blarg', 'Grot' or 'Cloysta', but you don't know which means what out of liar knight and knave. You also know that 'Jappa' means 'is a' and 'Bokka' means 'I am a'. They give the following statements:

Jeswin : Bokka Grot. Parker Jappa Cloysta.

Parker : Bokka Blarg. Crasbo Jappa Blarg.

Crasbo : Bokka Grot. Jeswin Jappa Cloysta.

What does Blarg, Grot and Cloysta mean in English, and what are each of the people?

(In reply to Solutions by kevin)

"Anytime a liar refers to himself, he cannot call himself a liar, so Grot and Blarg cannot mean liar."

Only part of this is true. IF a person is a liar, he cannot say he is a liar. But saying that Grot and Blarg cannot mean liar means you concluded that NO ONE can say they are a liar, which is not correct.

As SilverKnight mentioned in a previous comment (#5), a Knave can still say he is a liar, and his second statement would have to be true.

Posted by nikki on 2003-10-30 17:27:10