Yoruba Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2021

Question 2

 

  1. Kí ni fóònù?
  2. Kí ni fóníìmù
  3.  Ṣe àdàkọ àwọn lẹ́tà wọ̀nyí ní ìlànà fóníìmù:
    (i) ṣ                                     (vi)     un
    (ii)  ọ                                   (vii)    y
    (iii)  ẹ                                    (viii)    p
    (iv)  j                                     (ix)    in
    (v)  gb                                   (x)    l

 

Observation

 

Candidates were required to define phone in (a), phoneme in (b) and transcribe the letters in (d)

(a)      Fóònù: Èyí ni ìró kọ̀ọ̀kan tí a máa ń gbé jáde nígbà tí a bá ń ṣe afọ̀.

(b)     Fóníìmù: Èyí ni àwọn ìró tí wọ́n bá lè fi ìyàtọ̀ ìtumọ̀ hàn láàrin ọ̀rọ̀ kan àti òmíràn.

(d)     Àdàkọ àwọn ìró:


S/N

ÌRÓ

ÀDÀKỌ ÌRÓ

I

/ʃ/

ii

/ɔ/

iii

/ɛ/

iv

J

/ʤ/ /ɉ/

v

Gb

/g҇b/

vi

Un

/ũ/

vii

Y

/j/

viii

P

/k҇҇p/

ix

In

/ĩ/

x

L

/l/

         
Most candidates who attempted this question failed because they mistook fóònù, a unit of sound in phonology, for phone in telecommunication. They also missed out in transcription, thus leading to their poor performance in this question.