Advanced Unit 03: Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope

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A. Reading and Recognition

Translate into English.

1. Noa tio e rali lumo te noa sio.
2. Yaro tio e sharali niva te yaro sio.
3. Maria te Aleso e saini risi.
4. Tio e viri na sio.
5. Hilo na Maria e viri na hilo na Aleso.
6. Somen elin en noa.
7. Ralin elin en noa.
8. Shalin elin en noa.
9. Shan elin en noa.
10. A-a elen el lune.
11. Yave elin en noa?
12. Soli Maria el yare.
13. Maria tei el yare.
14. Sai Maria el yare.
15. Maria el yare rin-te.
16. Ai Maria el yare.

B. Comparison Choice

Fill the blank with rali, sharali, saini, or viri.

1. Noa tio e ___ lumo te noa sio. = This home is brighter than that home.
2. Yaro tio e ___ niva te yaro sio. = This road is less safe than that road.
3. Maria te Aleso e ___ risi. = Maria and Aleso are equally afraid.
4. Tio e ___ na sio. = This is different from that.
5. Teno tio e ___ kiro te teno sio. = This object is less heavy than that object.
6. Mi te ti e ___ kiri. = You and I are equally strong / able.
7. Hilo na Maria e ___ shal te hilo na Aleso. = Maria's voice is gentler than Aleso's voice.
8. Luno tio e ___ na luno sio. = This text is different from that text.

C. Quantifier Choice

Fill the blank with somen, ralin, shalin, shan, a-a, nai, or elin-ve.

1. ___ elin en noa. = Some people are at home.
2. ___ elin en noa. = Many people are at home.
3. ___ elin en noa. = Few people are at home.
4. ___ elin en noa. = No people are at home.
5. ___ elen el lune. = Each person speaks.
6. ___ el yare. = We all here are going.
7. ___ en noa. = All the people in the known group are at home.

D. How-Many Questions

Write a yave question for each answer.

1. Sa elin en noa.
2. La elin el yare.
3. No luno en noa.
4. Ralin elin en yaro.
5. Somen luno en noa.

E. Focus and Emphasis

Choose the correct focus form.

1. ___ Maria el yare. = Only Maria is going.
2. Maria ___ el yare. = Maria is also going.
3. ___ Maria el yare. = Maria really is going.
4. Maria el yare ___. = Maria is going again.
5. ___ Maria el yare. = Even Maria is going.
6. ___ li Maria yare. = Maria should go.

Use: sai, soli, tei, rin-te, ai.

F. Scope Repair

Rewrite each English-shaped sentence as clearer Kai. Use two sentences when needed.

1. Not only Maria is going. Aleso is also going.
2. Only Aleso wrote the text.
3. Aleso wrote the text again.
4. Maria really is safe.
5. Maria should stay home.
6. No people are on the road.
7. Every person drinks water.
8. Some people are at home, but many people are on the road.

G. Embedded Comparison and Focus

Translate into Common Kai.

1. I understand that this home is brighter than that home.
2. Aleso said that this road was less safe than that road.
3. Maria asked whether Maria and Aleso were equally afraid.
4. Yominel heard that this text was different from that text.
5. I understand that only Maria is going.
6. Aleso said that Maria was also going.
7. Maria answered that many people were at home.

H. English to Kai

Translate into Common Kai.

1. This road is safer than that road.
2. This object is less heavy than that object.
3. This home and that home are equally bright.
4. Maria's voice is different from Aleso's voice.
5. How many people are going?
6. Three people are going.
7. Many people are at home.
8. Few people are on the road.
9. No people are at home.
10. Each person speaks.
11. Only I am going.
12. You are also going.
13. I really am going.
14. I am going again.
15. Even you are going.
16. Maria is going, and Aleso is also going.
17. This road is less safe than that road, so we should go to that road.
18. Many people who are going on the road are afraid.

I. Guided Advanced Writing

1. Write an eight-line Kai analysis of a scene or practical situation. Include:

• one rali comparison.
• one sharali comparison.
• one saini or viri sentence.
• one yave question and answer.
• one quantifier from somen, ralin, shalin, shan, or a-a.
• one focus sentence with soli, tei, sai, rin-te, or ai.
• one embedded clause with comparison or focus.
• one sentence split for scope clarity.