Yoruba Paper 2, Private Candidates 2019

Question 10

Ṣé àpèjúwe “Ẹlẹ́jẹ Wèrè” gẹ́gẹ́ bí akéwì ṣe fi hàn nínú ewì “Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ Wèrè”
Candidates were required to describe “Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè” as evident in the poem “Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ Wèrè”.

Àpèjúwe ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè bí akéwì ṣe fi hàn nínú ewì “Elẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè”:
(i) Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè a máa bínú òdì ṣáá ní gbogbo ọjọ́.

(ii) Alájàkú-akata ni ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè.

(iii) Bí ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè bá fẹ́ jà á bọ́ra sí ìhòhò goloto.

(iv) Bí ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè bá ń bínú, ó lè máa kanrí mọ́lẹ̀, kó máa faṣọ ya.

(v) Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè lè bú sẹ́kún, kó máa pariwo.

(vi) Ó lè gbé igi àpólà kó máa fi da àdúgbò rú bó bá ń bínú.

(vii) Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè lè bínú sí ọba, ó sì lè bá ìjòyè jà.

(viii) Ó máa ń ja ìjà ẹ̀bi.

(ix) Bí wọ́n bá dá ẹ̀bi fún un, ọ̀rọ̀ á tún dìjà.

(x) Aríjàgbá ni ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè, ó lè sọ ìjà di ti ẹni tó ń bá wọn la ìjà/pẹ̀tù síjà.

(xi) Ó lè bínú sí onílé, kó máa ba ilé jẹ́.

(xii) Bónílé bá ní kí ó kó jáde, á tún fara ya.

(xiii) Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè lè máa da àdúgbò rú títí tí yóò fi forí gbèpè lẹ́nu àgbàlagbà àdúgbò.

(xiv) Kí ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè tó làlùyọ, ọ̀nà á jìn nítorí èpè tó ti forí gbà.

(xv) ‘Ṣóólesìn-ín’ ni orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ wèrè.

(xvi) ‘Apatọ́rọ́-da-náhín-sígbó’ lorúkọ àbísọ rẹ̀.

Observation

Candidates’ performance was poor, general guesses were made and not as evident in the text.