» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

Hy seach ien of twa katten.

Hy seach ien en hy hie twa katten.

Hy seach earst ien kat en doe twa.

Hy seach ien dy't twa katten hie.

#2. Which is not a word for ‘to bicker’?

kibje

geriivje

bekfjochtsje

sanikje

tsiere

redendiele

#3. 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 didn't want to talk to the young fellow anymore.

She allowed her children to get a dog.

#4. What is ‘in lyts komelkerke’?

a farmer

a blacksmith

a singing-bird

a tulip

#5. Dizze blom hyt yn it Frysk in …

#6. What does ‘Ik rûk folle lekkerder as dy’ mean?

I am just the guy for you.

I can pull this off much better than you can.

I smell much nicer than you do.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

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

doaren

dorven

durven

doarst

durn

doarn

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

character development

historical figures

a close resemblance to other stories

explanations of nicknames

#9. What Frisian verb means ‘to drive’, ‘to ride’ and ‘to skate’?

#10. What is a ‘rintfear’?

a daffodil

a dandelion

a daisy

a fern

#11. What is a ‘jonker’?

a blacksmith

a nobleman

a young man

a card-player

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

Se lake.

Se laitsjede.

Se laket.

Se laitsje.

#13. How do you say ‘he looked like his father’ in Frisian?

Hy liket op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

#14. What verb is ‘tsjoch’ the imperative of?

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

smearlap

beppe-en-dy

tuike-oan

ôfwaaid praat

tûke taal

memmetaal

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

út en troch

deabenaud

oerstallich

gesellich

#17. 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.

#18. How do you ‘I have called her’ in Frisian?

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

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

Ype Poortinga

Dam Jaarsma

Henk Wolf

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

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se rillet deroer.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

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