» Quiz comprehension week 3Henk Wolf

#1. The teacher responds by saying: “Jawis, kom deryn. Jou dy del.” What does that mean?

“If you must, come in. Join the conversation.”

“Yes, sure, come on in. Have a seat.”

“Please be quiet and give my your notebook.”

“Come on, not again. What is it this time?”

#2. Hessel’s request is ambiguous. Which two interpretations are there, according to the teacher.

Next Friday or Friday next week.

This week or in two weeks?

Today or tomorrow?

Monday or Tuesday?

#3. What politeness formula does Hessel begin the conversation with?

He asks permission to ask his teacher a question.

He inquires about the teacher’s relatives’ health.

He gives his teacher a compliment.

He asks to be pardoned for intruding on his teacher.

#4. What is Jetske ashamed about in the final part of the conversation?

Being lazy.

Being frivolous.

Talking too much.

Eating too much pudding.

#5. When the two students meet afterwards, a misunderstanding occurs. What is it?

Hessel says he is to meet with his teacher on Wednesday instead of Thursday.

Hessel says he is to meet with his teacher on Thursday instead of Wednesday.

Hessel says the test will probably be easy, but that cannot be correct.

Hessel says the test will probably be difficult, but that cannot be correct.

#6. What politeness formula does the teacher use after the student has thanked him for rescheduling the test?

Ja, bêst.

Eê ja, is bêst, ju.

Oant sjen!

Tige tank!

#7. What grade did Hessel get on his last test with the teacher he just met?

He scored a 5, so did not pass.

He scored a 6, so he just passed.

He does not want to say, because it was a bad grade.

He does not say, but it was a good grade.

#8. How does Hessel address his teacher?

He uses the informal Klaaifrysk pronoun ‘do’.

He uses the informal Wâldfrysk pronoun ‘dû’.

He uses the teacher’s first name, as if he were talking about a third person.

He uses the formal pronoun ‘jo’.

#9. What is Hessel’s request to his teacher?

He wants to skip a test.

He wants to take the same test again.

He wants to see the corrections of the test he made earlier.

He wants to take a test that he missed before.

#10. When speaking about a party, Hessel and Jetske use two very different dialectal forms for something. What is it?

Grades

Saturday

Girl

Party

#11. How do you say: “He sits down and he gets up again”?

Hy jout him del en hy komt wer oerein.

Hy sit del en hy komt wer op.

Hy jout him del en hy komt wer op.

Hy sit del en hy komt wer oerein.

#12. What is Henk’s function in the video?

A study advisor

A university teacher

A dean

An assistant

#13. When is the test finally scheduled?

On Thursday of this week at 14.00h.

On Thursday of this week at 15.00h.

On Friday of this week at 14.00h.

On Friday of this week at 15.00h.

On Thursday of next week at 14.00h.

On Thursday of next week at 15.00h.

On Friday of next week at 14.00h.

On Friday of next week at 15.00h.

#14. Hessel reminds Jetske of the fact that she was feeling ill on Sunday. What is the expression he uses?

He says she was ‘sick like a dog’.

He says she ‘puked her heart out’.

He says she was ‘bad like pudding.

He says she was as bad as straw.

#15. Why is the test not scheduled for Friday?

Hessel has to take another test then.

The teacher has to be in Leeuwarden then.

The teacher does not want to reschedule tests.

No reason is given.

#16. What is the Frisian word the teacher uses for a pocket diary?

it bûsboekje

de tongersdei

de freed

it feestje

#17. What sentence does Hessel use to propose a place to meet with his teacher in order to take the test?

Ja, Henk hat gelyk. Om twa oere is bêst genôch.

Kin ik him freed ek oerdwaan?

Sil ik dan nei Henk syn keamer ta komme?

Mei ik Henk wat freegje?

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