Sentence examples of "folk" in English

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The following fairy tales retold in English in 1918 were based on Dutch legends and collected in the book, Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks, 1918. Die folgenden Märchen, die 1918 in Englisch nacherzählt wurden, beruhten auf niederländischen Legenden und sind in dem Buch "Niederländische Märchen für junge Leute" 1918 gesammelt worden.
I don't like all of these folk songs. Ich mag all diese Volkslieder nicht.
He knows many folk dances. Sie kennt viele Volkstänze.
While clearly outside of his element at, say, a Western-style karaoke bar, he could easily whip out a Brazilian folk song in seven-eight meter on his berimbau. Zwar war er beispielsweise in einer Karaoke Bar im Western-Stil überhaupt nicht in seinem Element, konnte aber mit Leichtigkeit ein brasilianisches Volkslied im Siebenachteltakt aus seiner Berimbau herauspeitschen.
She knows many folk dances. Sie kennt viele Volkstänze.
There's nowt as queer as folk. So etwas kommt vor.
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