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Letters and language

For language fanatics, let's learn something about other languages than the Western Frisian language.

Der waarden yn de gemeenteried hurde wurden sein .

Harsh words were said in the municipal council.

Der is de hiele dei gjin
🙅

ferkeard wurd fallen.

There was not a wrong word dropped all day.

Troch hoe't se praten, tocht
💭

ik dat se troud wienen.

By the way they talked, I thought they were married.

Wêrom skriuwe
✍️

jimme altyd sa negatyf oer my ?

Why do you always write so negatively about me?

Je kinne altyd nee
🙅

sizze
🗣️

, hin
🐔

.

You can always say no, hen.

Ik fyn Frânsk
🇫🇷/🇲🇫/🇬🇵/🇲🇶/🇵🇲/🇷🇪/🇹🇫/🇾🇹

dreech.

I find French difficult.

Mail heit
👨‍👦

oer de belesting.

Mail dad about the tax.

Opmerklik binne de hurde wurden fan de Rekkenkeamer.

Notable are the harsh words of the Court of Auditors.

De presidint hat sein dat er tsjin militêr yngripen is .

The president has said that he has intervened against the military.

Hoe sprekst dy sin út ?

How do you pronounce that sentence?

Wy hawwe nea in
🅰️

ûneffen wurd mei-inoar hân
✋

.

We have never had a bad word with each other.

Yn har lêste brief skreau hja dat har mem
👩‍🍼

ferstoarn wie.

In her last letter she wrote that her mother had died.

Hy
👨

flokte faak en as er lilk
😠

wie, dan wie it

hûs
🏠

te lyts .

He often cursed and when he was angry, the house was too small.

Feroarje folgjende tsien
10

wurden yn haadletters.

Change next ten words to capital letters.

Hy
👨

neamde himsels altyd min of mear ateïst.

He always called himself more or less an atheist.

Der foel nochal ris in
🅰️

swiere flok by harren thús.

There was quite a heavy curse at their home.

Fjouwer
4

ferpleechkundigen fertelle oer har wurk yn it

sikehús.

Four nurses talk about their work in the hospital.

Skriuw de folgjende sân
7

alinea's.

Write the following seven paragraphs.

As jo taal ûnderwize wolle dan ha jo in
🅰️

noarm nedich.

If you want to teach a language, you need a standard.

It

Nederlânsk kin soms heel hurd klinke
🔉

, it

Frysk is wat sachter.

Dutch can sometimes sound very harsh, Frisian is a bit softer.

Ik befêstigje dat dizze sinnen út it

publike domein komme .

I confirm that these sentences are from the public domain.

Hy
👨

kin dat fers út 'e holle opsizze.

He can recite that verse by heart.

Wurd sonder haadletters.

Word without capital letters.

In
🅰️

dichter dy't ús yn dy tiid
⌚

sterk fassinearre, wie Rilke.

A poet who greatly fascinated us at that time was Rilke.

It

binne sinnen fan de skuorkalinder, mar dêrom net
🚫

minder wier .

They are sentences from the barn calendar, but no less true because of that.

De skriuwer hat in
🅰️

boek
📖

ferskine litten mei syn briefwiksel mei Gerard Reve.

The author published a book with his correspondence with Gerard Reve.

In
🅰️

positive hâlding oangeande it

aktyf behearskjen fan de Fryske taal is in
🅰️

oanrekommandaasje.

A positive attitude towards actively mastering the Frisian language is a recommendation.

Op
🆙

'e bysluter kinst lêze
📖

wêr't it

medisyn
💊

foar helpt.

On the package insert you can read what the medicine helps for.

Meitsje de letters Courier yn 'e seleksje.

Make the letters Courier in the selection.

Hoe seist komkommer
🥒

yn it

Spaansk?

How do you say cucumber in Spanish?

Hy
👨

hat tajûn dat er mei in
🅰️

minderjierrich famke
👧

oer seks chat hat.

He admitted that he chatted about sex with an underage girl.

Tsjin my sei hja dat hja wurch
😫

wie en it

yn de rêch
🔙

hie.

She said to me that she was tired and had it in her back.

Yn 'e tsjustere moarnsoeren skreau se brieven oan
🔛

elkenien dêr't se lilk
😠

op
🆙

wie.

In the dark morning hours, she wrote letters to everyone she was angry with.

Ik neam har by de foarnamme en hja joket my .

I call her by her first name and she laughs at me.

Fred mompele wat en stuts de rjochterhân mei de wiisfinger bestraffend omheech.

Fred mumbled something and thrust his right hand up with his index finger in punishment.