» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

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

kibje

redendiele

geriivje

bekfjochtsje

sanikje

tsiere

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

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

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I can pull this off much better than you can.

I smell much nicer than you do.

I am just the guy for you.

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

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se redendielde omraak.

Se rillet deroer.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

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

Se laitsje.

Se laitsjede.

Se lake.

Se laket.

#6. What is a 'rintfear'?

a daffodil

a dandelion

a daisy

a fern

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

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

historical figures

a close resemblance to other stories

explanations of nicknames

character development

#9. What is a 'jonker'?

a nobleman

a young man

a card-player

a blacksmith

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

gesellich

oerstallich

deabenaud

út en troch

#11. 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.

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

dorven

doaren

durn

doarst

doarn

durven

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

smearlap

tûke taal

beppe-en-dy

ôfwaaid praat

memmetaal

tuike-oan

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

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

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

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#16. 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.

#17. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a blacksmith

a farmer

a tulip

a singing-bird

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

Ype Poortinga

Henk Wolf

Dam Jaarsma

#19. 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.

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

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hi fertelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

hi fortelde oer de fôrige ieu.

Results

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

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

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

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

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

#6. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

#9. What is a 'jonker'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#17. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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

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