» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

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

Se rillet deroer.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

Ype Poortinga

Henk Wolf

Dam Jaarsma

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

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

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

memmetaal

beppe-en-dy

ôfwaaid praat

smearlap

tuike-oan

tûke taal

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

I smell much nicer than you do.

I am just the guy for you.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I can pull this off much better than you can.

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

durven

doarst

doarn

doaren

durn

dorven

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

oerstallich

út en troch

deabenaud

gesellich

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

hier antwoord intypen

#11. What is a 'jonker'?

a card-player

a nobleman

a blacksmith

a young man

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

She got angry with her teenage son.

She threw the adolescent unto the dog-cart.

She allowed her children to get a dog.

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

#13. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a tulip

a blacksmith

a singing-bird

a farmer

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

Se laitsje.

Se laitsjede.

Se lake.

Se laket.

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

hier antwoord intypen

#16. What is a 'rintfear'?

a daffodil

a daisy

a fern

a dandelion

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

Hy seach ien en hy hie twa katten.

Hy seach earst ien kat en doe twa.

Hy seach ien of twa katten.

Hy seach ien dy't twa katten hie.

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

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

Hy liket op syn heit.

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

redendiele

bekfjochtsje

sanikje

tsiere

geriivje

kibje

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

historical figures

explanations of nicknames

character development

a close resemblance to other stories

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#11. What is a 'jonker'?

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

#13. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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

#16. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

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