Your right (wyib) does mean the yarn in back…and yeah 'cause when you knit one it will already be in the back, but sometimes it wants you to slip wyif (yarn in front) it’s just letting you know for sure which way to bring the yarn
Right, for the 1st row, the yarn’s already in back, it stays there. For the 2nd row, move the yarn to the front to slip the stitch, then move it to the back to k4.