» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

Hy liket op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

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

hier antwoord intypen

#3. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a singing-bird

a farmer

a blacksmith

a tulip

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

Hy seach ien dy't twa katten hie.

Hy seach ien of twa katten.

Hy seach earst ien kat en doe twa.

Hy seach ien en hy hie twa katten.

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

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se rillet deroer.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

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

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

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

a close resemblance to other stories

character development

explanations of nicknames

historical figures

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

Henk Wolf

Ype Poortinga

Dam Jaarsma

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

geriivje

bekfjochtsje

sanikje

kibje

redendiele

tsiere

#12. What is a 'rintfear'?

a daisy

a dandelion

a fern

a daffodil

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

durn

doarst

durven

dorven

doarn

doaren

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

Se laitsje.

Se laket.

Se laitsjede.

Se lake.

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

gesellich

út en troch

oerstallich

deabenaud

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

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I am just the guy for you.

I smell much nicer than you do.

I can pull this off much better than you can.

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

hier antwoord intypen

#18. What is a 'jonker'?

a card-player

a nobleman

a young man

a blacksmith

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

She threw the adolescent unto the dog-cart.

She got angry with her teenage son.

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

She allowed her children to get a dog.

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

tuike-oan

tûke taal

memmetaal

ôfwaaid praat

beppe-en-dy

smearlap

Uitslag

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

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

#3. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#12. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

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

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

#18. What is a 'jonker'?

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

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