Dialogue
Vocabulary and phrases
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Fynst skoalle moai hjir yn Amearika? Do you like school here in America?
Ja, yn myn cooking class sit ek in oar Frysk famke. Yes, in my cooking class there is another Frisian girl.
Wat aardich! How wonderful!
- aardich nice, wonderful
Sy is aardich, mar ek in bytsje dom. She is nice, but also a bit dumb.
- mar but
- ek also, too
- in bytsje a little
- dom dumb, stupid
Wêrom seisto dat? Why do you say that?
- wêrom why
Kin ik myn kop yn ‘e magnetron opwaarmje? Can I heat my cup in the microwave?
- kin ik can I
- kop cup
- magnetron microwave
- opwaarmje to warm up, to heat up
Gjin probleem. No problem.
Ik wie dochs gjin metaal, of wol? It wasn’t metal, was it?
- metaal metal
Jawol, hoesa? Yes, why (lit: Yes, how so?)
Bisto lilk? Are you mad?
- lilk mad, angry, upset
Grammar
Question words
Below are the basic question words:
- wa who
- hoe how
- wat what
- wannear when
- wêr where
- wêrom why
- hokker which
However, there are variations of these that you’ll need to be familiar with if you want to sound really Frisian. Here are some to start you off:
- hoefolle how much
- wat foar what sort
- hoesa why so, how so (however, it is used in the above dialogue to mean ‘why’)
- wa mei with who
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