» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

gesellich

út en troch

oerstallich

deabenaud

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

Hy liek op syn heit.

Hy liket op syn heit.

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

#3. What is a 'rintfear'?

a fern

a daisy

a dandelion

a daffodil

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

Se rillet deroer.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

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

character development

explanations of nicknames

historical figures

a close resemblance to other stories

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

Dam Jaarsma

Ype Poortinga

Henk Wolf

#8. 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.

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

Se laitsje.

Se laket.

Se lake.

Se laitsjede.

#10. What is a 'jonker'?

a young man

a card-player

a nobleman

a blacksmith

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

hier antwoord intypen

#12. 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 dy't twa katten hie.

Hy seach ien of twa katten.

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

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

#14. 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.

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

doarn

durn

dorven

durven

doaren

doarst

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

tsiere

sanikje

kibje

redendiele

geriivje

bekfjochtsje

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

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

#18. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a blacksmith

a tulip

a farmer

a singing-bird

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

tuike-oan

smearlap

ôfwaaid praat

memmetaal

tûke taal

beppe-en-dy

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

hier antwoord intypen

Uitslag

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

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

#3. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

#10. What is a 'jonker'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#18. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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