» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

#1. What is a 'jonker'?

a card-player

a nobleman

a blacksmith

a young man

#2. What Frisian verb means 'to drive', 'to ride' and 'to skate'?

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#3. If utterances are somewhat uncivilised, rough or unintelligent, what could you call them?

tûke taal

memmetaal

beppe-en-dy

smearlap

tuike-oan

ôfwaaid praat

#4. Who is NOT a Frisian collector of folktales?

Dam Jaarsma

Ype Poortinga

Henk Wolf

#5. What is not to be expected in a folktale?

explanations of nicknames

a close resemblance to other stories

historical figures

character development

#6. Dizze blom hyt yn it Frysk in ...

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#7. What is the past participle of 'doarre' (to dare)?

doarn

doarst

durn

doaren

dorven

durven

#8. How can you say that she is having a hard time?

Se redendielde omraak.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se rillet deroer.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

#9. What is a 'rintfear'?

a daisy

a daffodil

a dandelion

a fern

#10. If something is unnecessary, what could you call it in Frisian?

gesellich

deabenaud

út en troch

oerstallich

#11. What verb is 'tsjoch' the imperative of?

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#12. How do you say 'She laughed' in Frisian?

Se laitsje.

Se laitsjede.

Se lake.

Se laket.

#13. Which is not a word for 'to bicker'?

sanikje

bekfjochtsje

tsiere

geriivje

kibje

redendiele

#14. Which sentence has the same meaning as this one: 'Hy seach ien, dy hie twa katten.'

Hy seach earst ien kat en doe twa.

Hy seach ien dy't twa katten hie.

Hy seach ien en hy hie twa katten.

Hy seach ien of twa katten.

#15. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a farmer

a singing-bird

a blacksmith

a tulip

#16. What does 'Se smiet de puber op 'e hûnekarre' mean?

She got angry with her teenage son.

She allowed her children to get a dog.

She threw the adolescent unto the dog-cart.

She didn't want to talk to the young fellow anymore.

#17. What does 'Ik rûk folle lekkerder as dy' mean?

I can pull this off much better than you can.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I am just the guy for you.

I smell much nicer than you do.

#18. How do you say 'he looked like his father' in Frisian?

Hy liket op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

Hy loek op syn heit.

#19. How would this sentence be written in the pre-1980 orthgraphy? 'Hy fertelde oer de foarige iuw.'

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

#20. How do you 'I have called her' in Frisian?

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Results

#1. What is a 'jonker'?

#2. What Frisian verb means 'to drive', 'to ride' and 'to skate'?

#3. If utterances are somewhat uncivilised, rough or unintelligent, what could you call them?

#4. Who is NOT a Frisian collector of folktales?

#5. What is not to be expected in a folktale?

#6. Dizze blom hyt yn it Frysk in ...

#7. What is the past participle of 'doarre' (to dare)?

#8. How can you say that she is having a hard time?

#9. What is a 'rintfear'?

#10. If something is unnecessary, what could you call it in Frisian?

#11. What verb is 'tsjoch' the imperative of?

#12. How do you say 'She laughed' in Frisian?

#13. Which is not a word for 'to bicker'?

#14. Which sentence has the same meaning as this one: 'Hy seach ien, dy hie twa katten.'

#15. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

#16. What does 'Se smiet de puber op 'e hûnekarre' mean?

#17. What does 'Ik rûk folle lekkerder as dy' mean?

#18. How do you say 'he looked like his father' in Frisian?

#19. How would this sentence be written in the pre-1980 orthgraphy? 'Hy fertelde oer de foarige iuw.'

#20. How do you 'I have called her' in Frisian?