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Unit 2:
ÀPÈJÚWE CBÍ
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Kv àwvn zrz wznyí ní ède Òyìnbó (Write the following words in English):
Bàbá
Àbúrò
Cbí
Vmvkùnrin
Ìyàwó
Vmv-ìyá
Zr}
Àna
Òbí
Àk<bí
Àbígb|yìn
Aláboyún
2. Kv zrz dí| nípa cbí rc fún zr} rc (Write a paragraph telling your friend about your family).
3. If ‘man’ can be said to be the opposite of ‘woman’ in English, what are the opposites of these Yoruba words:
E.g.:
Vkùnrin
(man)
Obìnrin
(woman)
(husband)
Ìyàwó
(wife)
Vmvkùnrin
(son)
(daughter)
(paternal grandmother)
Bàba bàbá
(paternal grandfather)
Baba Kéreré
(uncle)
(aunty)
Màma màmá
(maternal grandmother)
(maternal grandfather)
(girl friend)
Zr} vkùnrin
(boy friend)
Ìyá
(Mother)
(father)
(oldest male relative)
Ìyáálé
(oldest female relative)
(younger brother)
(older brother)
(younger sister)
(older sister)
4. Write a monologue introducing yourself to an elder person you have just met. Don’t forget
to provide the following about your self: your name, where you are from, residence, age,
birthday, names of parents and siblings, if any.)
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