» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

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.

She got angry with her teenage son.

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

tsiere

bekfjochtsje

geriivje

sanikje

redendiele

kibje

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

gesellich

deabenaud

oerstallich

út en troch

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

Hy lokket op syn heit.

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

Hy liket op syn heit.

#5. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a farmer

a tulip

a blacksmith

a singing-bird

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

tuike-oan

beppe-en-dy

memmetaal

tûke taal

smearlap

ôfwaaid praat

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

doaren

doarn

durn

doarst

durven

dorven

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

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#9. What is a 'jonker'?

a nobleman

a blacksmith

a card-player

a young man

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

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

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

I can pull this off much better than you can.

I am just the guy for you.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I smell much nicer than you do.

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

Se laket.

Se laitsjede.

Se lake.

Se laitsje.

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

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

#14. What is a 'rintfear'?

a daisy

a fern

a dandelion

a daffodil

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

Se redendielde omraak.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se rillet deroer.

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

explanations of nicknames

a close resemblance to other stories

character development

historical figures

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

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

Ype Poortinga

Henk Wolf

Dam Jaarsma

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

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#20. 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 dy't twa katten hie.

Hy seach ien en hy hie twa katten.

Hy seach earst ien kat en doe twa.

Results

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

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

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

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

#5. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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

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

#9. What is a 'jonker'?

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

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

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

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

#14. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

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

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

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