European Languages Trivia

1. One of the first things I noticed about Turkish is that there are many foreign words. In particular, many modern technical expressions were adopted from French. With that in mind, what is the Turkish word for motor bike?

From Quiz Pidgin Turkish

Answer: Motosiklet

Motosiklet is right. The other options were studio/atelier for "atölye", heating/radiator for "kalorifer", and lift for "asansör". Many of these give you a surprise when you decode the strange spelling and you realize you actually know or can deduce the word. Otopark is another good one, have a guess!

From Quiz Danish 101

Answer: " Ja!"

All righty then! "Ja" and "Nej" are definitive, and often modified to make their meaning clear. "Tja" is more of a 'yeah, maybe', "Jo!" is a more enthusiastic "Yep!" and "Jeg vid ikke." is "I don't know.", and "Njeh" is akin to the English "Eh..." with a shoulder shrug. There's also "maaske" = "maybe." Some other basic words: "Tak" = "Thank you"; ""Hej" = "Hi"; "Farvel" = "Bye" "Kaffee" = "Coffee"; "Oel" = "Beer"; "Schnapps" = "Firewater"; "Jeg" = "I"; "Mig" = "Me"; "Du" = "You" objective case, "Dig" = "You" subjective case. Try to remember these, there will be a quiz! O, this IS a quiz! Actually, you could get along with just these as most Danes speak or at least understand English.

From Quiz Beginner Hungarian

Answer: Magyar

It is interesting, but some people think that the Hungarian nation isn't as 'Hungarian' as others. The truth may in fact be that the Hun tribe and the Magyar tribe arrived in Hungary at the same time, but the current 'Hun'-garians are actually no relation to the Huns (who may have died out or moved to another country in the Carpathian Basin).

From Quiz Simple Finnish

Answer: aa

Finnish is notably the language of many double letters. Double consonants also serve to lengthen sound in pronunciation.

From Quiz Basic Czech Phrases For Tourists

Answer: Letiste

Ruzyne Airport in Prague is the Czech Republic's largest airport. (Tramvaj = tram, vlakové nádrazí = train station, and toalety = bathroom.)

From Quiz European Languages

Answer: Finland

Finland and Sweden are bordering countries so about 5.6% of Finnish population speaks Swedish. Those languages are different. Finnish belongs in the Uralic language family, together with Hungarian and Estonian, which is somewhat similar to it. Swedish is in the Indo-European language family.

From Quiz Icelandic days of the week

Answer: dagur.

"Vika" means week, "Mánuður" means month, and "ár" means year.

From Quiz Danish-Basics for Beginners

Answer: Æ, Ø, Å

The Danish alphabet actually has 29 letters, whereas the English only have 26. That's because the Danish version includes 3 other letters: Æ, Ø and Å. Those letters are also used (probably) in most of the words in the Danish language, which might be why the language is so difficult to learn for other nationalities.

From Quiz The Cyrillic Alphabet

Answer: a

OK, this was perhaps too easy... The pronunciation of the Cyrillic A is close to the sound in HAHAHA, not like the Latin A in wave. Alpha is, of course, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Az is the name of the first letter in the old Slavic alphabet Glagolitsa, of which the Cyrillic alphabet is derived. Anda I made up ;)

From Quiz Common Bulgarian Phrases

Answer: Zdravei

This is the familiar way of saying hello to one person.

From Quiz Months in Bulgarian

Answer: January

Bulgarians also call the first day of the New Year with the names "Souroka", "Vassilitza" or "Sourozdru". On the eve of the holiday the family gathers round the table, which is piled with various dishes, everything that the family wishes to have during the year.

From Quiz Armenian Verbs

Answer: oodel

Different tenses of "oodel": ate = gera eating = goodem will eat = bidi oodem

From Quiz Hungarian Language Test

Answer: Christmas

'Karácsony' means Christmas. New Years is 'Ujév', and Easter is 'Húsvét'.

From Quiz Basic Armenian

Answer: Barev

The first word to know in any language - in Armenian also.

From Quiz Do you know Icelandic?

Answer: Good morning.

"Góðan daginn" means literally "Good day". Some people often add the word "blessaðan" between "Góðan daginn" to make "Góðan blessaðan daginn", which puts more emphasis on the fact that the day is really good.

From Quiz A-Z Geographical Terms in European Languages

Answer: River

Example: The Gudenå is Denmark's longest river. River in Norwegian is "elv", in Swedish: älv.

From Quiz Country Names in Estonian

Answer: Sweden

No one has given me a good answer, why is it so, but it must be quite old name, since also finns call it with (almost) the same name. Estonia was a part of Swedish empire from 1559/1583/1645 (separate parts went to Swedish with different treaties) till 1710 (officially 1721), when it all was lost to Russia. Poland ruled Southern Estonia for some 50 years in the second half of the 16th century. The only connection with Romania is, that one of the best known kings of Poland to rule over Estonia, was Stefan Batory, who came from Transylvanian region, which now belongs to Romanian state. He himself was of Hungarian origin.

From Quiz Danish - Basic

Answer: Danmark

Denmarc - This word does not exist. Dänemark - German name for Denmark. Dinamarca - Spanish name for Denmark.

From Quiz How to say it in Finnish

Answer: Minä rakastan sinua

'Minä' (I) 'rakastan/rakastaa' (love) 'sinua/sinä' (you); it doesn't sound very pretty, does it? 'Vihaan/vihata' is hate, 'kaipaan/kaivata' is to miss and 'odotan/odottaa' means to wait.

From Quiz Maltese Language

Answer: Bongu

Bongu means "Hello" Merhba means "Welcome" Bonswa means "Good Evening" Narak means "See you"

From Quiz Viking Runes

Answer: 24

Later, some letters merged into one, and some disappeared, and the runic alphabets in the Dark Ages are smaller.

From Quiz Foreign Borrowings in Czech

Answer: English

A lot of young Czechs fled Bohemia during World War I to serve in the British navy. They brought back the maritime greeting with them and during the 20s and at least part of the 30s it was used exclusively for people travelling by water. Eventually it hit land and stayed there.

From Quiz Indo-European Languages

Answer: 2

If you replace 'z' with 't' you get 'zwei'...'twei'...'two.'

From Quiz Beginner Hungarian

Answer: October 23rd, 1956

The Hungarians did revolt during the Cold War, but in vain. On October 23rd, the Hungarians in Budapest rallied and drove the Soviet forces out of the capital. It seemed as if they'd succeeded, but they knew it was only a matter of time until the Soviet tanks took Hungary back unless they could convince the USA to send help. They didn't, so the USSR returned with tanks to reclaim the capital through carnage and bloodshed. Many Hungarians emigrated and never returned, even after the Berlin Wall was pulled down and the USSR broken up.

From Quiz Basic Czech Phrases For Tourists

Answer: Kde je stanice metra?

The Prague metro is the 7th busiest subway system in Europe. (Kde je vlakové nádrazí? = Where is the train station?, Kde se kupují jízdenky? = Where do I buy tickets?, and Kde je zastávka tramvaje? = Where is the tram stop?)

From Quiz European Languages

Answer: San Marino

Both San Marino and Vatican City are Italian speaking landlocked countries. San Marino was founded in 301, and it has the world's oldest constitution dating back to 1600.

From Quiz Icelandic days of the week

Answer: Wednesday.

"Miðvikudagur" is made up of the words "Mið" meaning middle, "Viku" meaning week and "Dagur" meaning day. The middle day of the week.

From Quiz Danish-Basics for Beginners

Answer: Mom and Dad

A Danish family involves a "Mor, far, bror og søster". Meaning "Mom, dad, brother and sister".

From Quiz Common Bulgarian Phrases

Answer: Zdraveite

It's also a formal way to greet someone in a formal situation.

From Quiz Months in Bulgarian

Answer: Mart

On the 1st of March there is a holiday celebrated only in Bulgaria. It's called Baba Marta and on that day everybody gets the so-called "martenitza"- twisted red and white thread, as a symbol of health and vitality.

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