» Quiz week 4Henk Wolf

#1. Why do we say ‘Wy wedzje’ and not ‘Wy wedje’ (‘We gamble’)?

Because a -z- is always inserted between -d- and the -je-ending.

Because plurals of -je-verbs end in -zje.

Because this is an irregular verb that doesn’t follow the normal pattern.

Because the -z- is part of the stem and cannot be deleted.

#2. What are the two genders of Frisian nouns?

formal/informal

animate/non-animate

de/it

masculine/feminine

#3. How would you translate plural ‘you’ (you folks, you guys, you chaps) into Frisian?

jo

do/dû

hja/hju

jim(me)

#4. How would you say ‘a black eye’ in Frisian?

in blau each

in pears each

in swart each

in giel each

#5. What does ‘goejûn’ mean?

Hello!

Never mind!

Blimey!

Good evening!

#6. “Hoe wie it mei dokter?” What does that sentence mean?

How do you do, doctor?

Who was this doctor?

How is your doctor doing?

What was the doctor like?

#7. What is a ‘hegeskoalle’?

A type of university.

A type of highschool.

A type of preschool.

A type of primary school.

#8. What is considered the best way to say ‘my nose’ in Frisian?

“de noas”

“it noas”

“myn noas”

“syn noas”

#9. “Boargemaster, do hast gelyk!” What is odd about this way of saying ‘Mister mayor, you are right’?

Formal ‘boargemaster’ and informal ‘do’ do not match.

‘Do’ should be ‘dû’.

‘Hast’ should be ‘hest’.

It should not be ‘hast’, bust ‘hastet’.

#10. Why does “ik rekkenje” have the -je-ending?

Because it is a long verb.

Because it is present-tense.

Because -je-verbs with multisyllabic stems may take the -je ending in 1st person singular in the present tense.

Because it is a form of an -e- verb and those take the -je- ending in the present tense forms.