» Quiz week 4Henk Wolf

#1. “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?

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

in blau each

in swart each

in pears each

in giel each

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

jim(me)

jo

do/dû

hja/hju

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

Because it is a long verb.

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

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

Because it is present-tense.

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

“de noas”

“myn noas”

“syn noas”

“it noas”

#6. What is a ‘hegeskoalle’?

A type of highschool.

A type of university.

A type of preschool.

A type of primary school.

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

animate/non-animate

formal/informal

masculine/feminine

de/it

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

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

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

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.

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

‘Hast’ should be ‘hest’.

‘Do’ should be ‘dû’.

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

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

#10. What does ‘goejûn’ mean?

Hello!

Good evening!

Never mind!

Blimey!