Advanced Unit 05: Translation Workshop from English into Common Kai

practice sheet

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A. Diagnose the English

Write the practical job: identity, quality, location, possession, feeling, aspect, modality, question, embedded clause, relative clause, idiom, or register.

1. I am a person.
2. I am at home.
3. I have the object.
4. I am afraid.
5. I ate food before.
6. I can go. Meaning: I am allowed.
7. Where are you going?
8. I understand that you are home.
9. The person who spoke is here.
10. Give me a hand.
11. Do not drink the water.
12. This home is safe.

B. Be and Have Repair

Translate into Common Kai.

1. I am a person.
2. The home is safe.
3. This is food.
4. I am at home.
5. The object is with me.
6. I have the object.
7. My home is safe.
8. I have fear.
9. I have deep grief.
10. The tool is with Aleso.

C. Aspect and Time

Translate into Common Kai.

1. I am eating food now.
2. I ate food before.
3. I have eaten food.
4. I used to eat food.
5. I will eat food later.
6. I eat food regularly.
7. We are discussing now.
8. We discussed before.
9. We will discuss later.
10. Maria remembered seeing the road.

D. Modality Workshop

Translate into Common Kai.

1. I want water.
2. I need water.
3. I can go. Meaning: I am able.
4. I can go. Meaning: I am allowed.
5. I may go later. Meaning: it is possible.
6. I must go.
7. I should sleep.
8. Maria is able to go, but Maria is not allowed to go.
9. Maria might call Aleso.
10. Do not drink water.

E. Questions, "That", and Relative Clauses

Translate into Common Kai.

1. Are you at home?
2. Do you want water?
3. Who is at home?
4. What do you want?
5. Where are you going?
6. When will we go?
7. I understand that you are home.
8. Maria said that Aleso went.
9. Maria asked whether Aleso went.
10. The person who spoke is here.
11. The tool that I used is safe.
12. The home that we built is bright.

F. Idioms and Register

Translate the practical meaning into Common Kai.

1. I changed my mind.
2. Give me a hand.
3. I am under the weather.
4. That is over my head.
5. We need to talk.
6. I need an example.
7. Do not drink this water.
8. I need medicine.
9. The agreement is written.
10. Please close the door.
11. Please explain precisely.

G. Complexity Reduction

Rewrite each English sentence as clear Common Kai. Split the sentence if needed.

1. The person who said that Maria might go is my friend.
2. Maria said that Aleso, who heard that the road was not safe, should stay home.
3. I understand that the tool that Aleso used is safe.
4. Aleso asked whether Maria, who was ill, needed medicine.
5. The road that Hanyimi saw was less safe than the road that Maria saw.

H. Full Workshop Translation

Translate into Common Kai.

1. I have the phone, but I need food.
2. Maria is at the clinic because Maria needs medicine.
3. Aleso said that Maria can go, meaning Maria is allowed.
4. Hanyimi asked where we will discuss later.
5. I do not understand that, so I need an example.
6. This text is true, but that text is falsehood.
7. The road is not safe; therefore we should stay home.
8. I heard that Maria might go later.
9. Only Aleso is writing the text.
10. Many people are at the workplace.
11. The kitchen is at home.
12. The measuring device is a tool for measurement.

I. Revision Critique

Repair the bad translation.

1. Bad: Mi e en noa. for "I am at home."
2. Bad: Mi e alo. for "I have the tool."
3. Bad: Ti li yano ya? for "What do you want?"
4. Bad: Mi e vari li yare. for "I can go" when the meaning is ability.
5. Bad: Sio e shanel. for "I do not agree."
6. Bad: Maria or lune sio Aleso or yare. for "Maria said that Aleso went."
7. Bad: Alo mi or ale va e niva. for "The tool that I used is safe."
8. Bad: poetic translation for "Do not drink the water."

J. Guided Workshop Project

1. Translate this short English paragraph into Common Kai. Add a short grammar note after the Kai.

English:

Maria is at home. She has the phone, but she needs medicine. Aleso said that the clinic is safe. Maria can go, meaning she is able, but she is not allowed to go now. She asked whether Aleso will call Hanyimi. Maybe Hanyimi will go later.

Your translation should include:

• one location phrase.
• one possession relation.
• one need phrase.
• one embedded va clause.
• one ability sentence.
• one permission sentence.
• one reported yes-no question.
• one uncertainty marker.