Akan Language Comprehension Question
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SECTION B COMPREHENSION (15 MARKS) 2. Kenkan ayεsεm yi na bua nsεmmisa no nyinaa. Kwasi ne ne maame tenaa akuraa bi a wͻfrε no Bεposo ase. Wͻwoo Kwasi no, nnawͻtwe abienakyi na n'agya wui. Εnam ohia bti na Kwasi maame ntumi nhwε ne ho ne ne ba no. Na ͻde Kwasi hyε akyi kͻ nkurofo afum kodi paa sεnea εbεyε a obenya sika kakra ne aduan a wͻde bεhwε wͻn ho. Kwasi dii mfe ason, na omfii sukuu ase. Da koro bi a Kwasi ne ne maame rekͻ Maame Adwoa afum no, Kwasi frεε ne maame sε, "Maame". Ne maame gyee no so bisaa no sε, "Dεn asεm?" Kwasi de awerεhow kaa sε, "Maame, mepε sε menkͻ sukuu na daakye manya adwuma pa bi ayε, abεyε nipa na matumi ahwε wo." Kwasi maame antumi ankasa, na mmom ͻhwεε ne ba no din bere a nisu reguare no. a) Εhe na na Kwasi ne ne maame te? b) Okwan bεn na na Kwasi maame fa sͻ hwε no? c) Adεn nti na Kwasi dii mfe ason na ankͻ sukuu? d) Kyerε saa kasakoa yi ase: abεyε nipa. e) Fa nsεmfua a εmmoro ason tͻ ayεsεm yi din.
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Section B: Comprehension
The story tells us about Kwasi and his mother. After Kwasi's father passed away, they moved to a village called Beposo. They were very poor, and his mother worked hard in other people's farms to survive.
Nsɛmfua titiriw (Key Details)
- Location: Beposo
- Characters: Kwasi, ne maame
- Problem: Ohia (Poverty)
Let's answer the first question: Where were Kwasi and his mother living?
Mmuae (Answers)
a) Ɛhe na na Kwasi ne ne maame te?
According to the first sentence, after Kwasi was born and his father died, they lived in a village called Beposo. So our answer is: Akuraa bi a wɔfrɛ no Beposo ase.
The second question asks how Kwasi's mother was taking care of him.
b) Ɔkwan bɛn na na Kwasi maame fa so hwe no?
The text says she carried him on her back to work as a farm laborer for others to get money and food. So, we write: Ɔde Kwasi hyɛ akyi kɔ nkurofo afum kodi paa.
Now for the third question: Why was Kwasi seven years old and still not in school?
Mmuae (continued)
c) Adɛn nti na Kwasi dii mfe ason na na ɔnkɔ sukuu?
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