» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

dorven

doarst

doaren

durn

doarn

durven

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

She got angry with her teenage son.

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

She threw the adolescent unto the dog-cart.

She allowed her children to get a dog.

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

I can pull this off much better than you can.

I smell much nicer than you do.

I am just the guy for you.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

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

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy liket op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

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

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se rillet deroer.

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

deabenaud

út en troch

oerstallich

gesellich

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

Ype Poortinga

Henk Wolf

Dam Jaarsma

#10. Which sentence has the same meaning as this one: 'Hy seach ien, dy 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.

Hy seach ien en hy hie twa katten.

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

Se lake.

Se laket.

Se laitsje.

Se laitsjede.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

ôfwaaid praat

beppe-en-dy

memmetaal

tuike-oan

smearlap

tûke taal

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

character development

a close resemblance to other stories

historical figures

explanations of nicknames

#15. What is a 'jonker'?

a blacksmith

a young man

a card-player

a nobleman

#16. What is a 'rintfear'?

a daffodil

a daisy

a fern

a dandelion

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

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

tsiere

bekfjochtsje

kibje

geriivje

sanikje

redendiele

#20. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a tulip

a singing-bird

a blacksmith

a farmer

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#15. What is a 'jonker'?

#16. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

#20. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?