Question 3
“Tém” ye “Tèm”
- Wet ñkpọ baña ikọ iba emi odude ke enyọñ mi ndiwut ufọn uyo-ikọ (uyo enyọñ ye uyo isọñ) ke usem.
- Wet ikọ duop emi enyenede ukem uyo-ikọ nte ikọ emi “Tèm”.
Observation
In 3 (a), candidates were to write about the two words in quotation marks to show the importance of tone in Efịk and in (b), they were to write ten words with the same tone as the one in the word “Tèm”.
The expected answers were:
(a) Mme ikọ iba emi, “Tém” ye “Tèm”, enyene ukem ibat abidi
- Enyene ukem abidi
- Enyene ukem ikpehe uyo-ikọ
- Edi enyene nsio-nsio uyo-ikọ emi anamde mmọ ewọrọ nsio-nsio ñkpọ
- Akpa enyene uyo-ikọ enyọñ
- Ọyọhọ iba enyene uyo-ikọ isọñ
- Akpa ikọ ọwọrọ nditem ikọt
- Ọyọhọ iba ọwọrọ nditem udia
(b) Nò - Dòp
- Bò - Sìn
- Nìm - Bìn
- Dèp - Wèt
- Sèm - Kàn
- Mèn - Kòn
- Kòp - Kwòk
- Nùk - Sùk
- Yòk - Wèt
- Tùk
- Fèp
Candidates’performance was fair in this question