» Quiz week 20Henk Wolf

#1. 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 fortelde oer de foarige ieu.

Hi fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

Hy fortelde oer de foarige iuw.

Hy fertelde oer de fôrige iuw.

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

Henk Wolf

Ype Poortinga

Dam Jaarsma

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

I smell much nicer than you do.

I am taking a lot on my shoulders for you.

I can pull this off much better than you can.

I am just the guy for you.

#4. What is a 'jonker'?

a blacksmith

a card-player

a nobleman

a young man

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

Hy liket op syn heit.

Hy liek op syn heit.

Hy loek op syn heit.

Hy lokket op syn heit.

#6. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

a blacksmith

a singing-bird

a farmer

a tulip

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

Se wol in stikje bôle.

Se hat in fleurich sin.

Se harket graach as se ús geriivje kin.

Se hat hâlden en kearen.

Se rillet deroer.

Se redendielde omraak.

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

tuike-oan

smearlap

memmetaal

beppe-en-dy

ôfwaaid praat

tûke taal

#9. 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 en hy hie twa katten.

Hy seach ien dy't twa katten hie.

#10. What is a 'rintfear'?

a fern

a dandelion

a daisy

a daffodil

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

dorven

durven

doarn

durn

doarst

doaren

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

Ik ha hja roppen.

Ik ha har roppen.

Ik ha hja rutsen.

Ik ha har rôpen.

Ik ha har rutsen.

Ik ha hja rôpen.

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

oerstallich

gesellich

deabenaud

út en troch

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

Se laket.

Se laitsje.

Se laitsjede.

Se lake.

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

explanations of nicknames

a close resemblance to other stories

historical figures

character development

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

sanikje

tsiere

geriivje

bekfjochtsje

redendiele

kibje

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

hier antwoord intypen

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

She allowed her children to get a dog.

She threw the adolescent unto the dog-cart.

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

She got angry with her teenage son.

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

hier antwoord intypen

Uitslag

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

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

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

#4. What is a 'jonker'?

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

#6. What is 'in lyts komelkerke'?

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

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

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

#10. What is a 'rintfear'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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