» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

#1. 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.

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

historical figures

a close resemblance to other stories

character development

explanations of nicknames

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

hier antwoord intypen

#4. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a blacksmith

a farmer

a tulip

a singing-bird

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

oerstallich

gesellich

deabenaud

út en troch

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

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.

She got angry with her teenage son.

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

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha har roppen.

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

durven

dorven

doaren

doarst

durn

doarn

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

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

tuike-oan

beppe-en-dy

memmetaal

smearlap

ôfwaaid praat

tûke taal

#12. What is a 'jonker'?

a card-player

a nobleman

a young man

a blacksmith

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

redendiele

tsiere

sanikje

kibje

geriivje

bekfjochtsje

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

Henk Wolf

Dam Jaarsma

Ype Poortinga

#15. What is a 'rintfear'?

a fern

a daisy

a dandelion

a daffodil

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

Se lake.

Se laitsjede.

Se laket.

Se laitsje.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se rillet deroer.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

#19. 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 ien en hy hie twa katten.

Hy seach earst ien kat en doe twa.

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

I am just the guy for you.

I smell much nicer than you do.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I can pull this off much better than you can.

Results

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

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

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

#4. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#12. What is a 'jonker'?

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

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

#15. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

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

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