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Unit 11:                   ÌGBÀ ÀTI ÀKÓKÒ

-          Unit Dictum

-          Song:              Orin Vj< Zs|  (Days of the week song)       

-          Song:                    Òjò máa rz (Rain keep falling)

-          Song:           Orin oxù nínú vdún (Song of the months in the year)

-          Word Maze:    Seasons and Periods Word Search

 

Unit Dictum:               A kò r<j< mú solókùn, akoko ko duro denikan.

                                    “We cannot tie down the day, time waits for nobody.”

 

Song:              Orin Vj< Zs|          

Àìkú, Ajé, Ìxégun,        Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,

Vj<rú, Vj<bz,              Wednesday, Thursday,

Ctì,                               Friday,

Àbám|ta.                    Saturday.       

 

Song:                     Òjò máa rz

           Òjò máa rz      (2ce)

           Ìtura lo j}        

Òjòmáa rz o,

           Boba rz          agbado o yvmv

           Bo ba rz          ixu ò lè ta        

           Bo ba rz          àwa ò lè jc

           Bo ba rz          èmi ò lè mu.   

Òjòmáa rz      (2ce)

           Ìtura lo j}

Òjòmáa rz o.

 

Song:           Orin oxù nínú vdún

Xéré               ìrèlé                erénà                                      

igbe                èbìbí                 okúdù                                     

agcmo             ògún                vw}w|                                    

òwàrà              tèrè                  zpc                                         

Seasons and Periods Word Search

1.   Print and see how many of these words you can find in the maze.

2.   Use the opportunity to also mark the right tones and diacritics on the words:

Ogbele (drought)         = Zgbcl|                    Ojo (day)                     = Vj<  

3.   Remember, the words can variously be arranged: forward or backward; horizontal or vertical.

4.   Then see how many other Yorùbá words you can find and gloss.

 

THE WORDS:

Nigbawo? (When?)                 Akoko (Period/season)            Igba (period/season)

Ogbele (drought)                     Ooru (heat)                              Ojo (rain)

Idaji (dawn)                             Aaro (morning)                        Osan (afternoon)         

Irole (Evening/Dusk)                Ale (Night)                               Agogo (clock/time)                 

Aago (clock/time)       Iseju (minute)                           Wakati (hour)

Ojo (day)                                 Ose (week)                              Osu (month)                

Odun (year)                             Ojoojumo (every day)

THE MAZE:

N         J           E          L          O         R          I           L          U         I           D         O

U         I           Y         A         N         A         W        S          I           GB       O         G

D         T          GB       A         G         E          O         GB       E          W        E          O

O         I           A         A         K         O         K         O         K         J           R          G

N         D         S          E          W        R          R          J           I           L          U         A

B          A         J           E          R          O         P          O         S          E          A         GB

O         J           U         U         J           E          L          I           N         U         R          O

R          I           S          O         O         GB       E          L          E          I           A         O

A         W        A         K         A         T          I           R          O         L          GB       R

A         G         A         A         N         I           GB       A         T          I           R          U

W        E          G         U         O         S          A         N         K         O         J           A        

O         J           O         O         J           U         M         O         B          A         L          E