kai

Advanced Kai / speaking

conversation role-play cards

Partner-ready role-play cards for this course level. Each card gives a scenario, speaker roles, target forms, constraints, and success checks so practice stays focused and assessable.

Advanced Kai spaced review self-assessment model responses

learner boundary

Common Kai first

Advanced work may compare technical, poetic, symbolic, and sacred choices. Start with exact Common Kai: the claim, condition, cause, request, or definition must be recoverable before register analysis.

  • Write the literal Common Kai sentence first.
  • Label technical, poetic, or sacred pressure separately.
  • Do not make legal, medical, safety, or practical instructions poetic.

routine

how to run a card

  • Read the scenario and assign roles before speaking.
  • Speak once slowly, then repeat with roles switched.
  • Use the constraints during the role-play, not as after-the-fact corrections.
  • Finish by checking the success criteria together.

cards

practice path

  1. embedded claim challenge One speaker reports a complex claim. The other challenges it without calling it false too quickly.
  2. technical definition audit A definition is too poetic for technical use. Repair it into Common Kai.
  3. translation workshop An English idiom appears in a text. Decide whether to translate literally, paraphrase, or replace with a Kai idiom.
  4. agreement boundary A speaker wants agreement before the explanation is clear. The other speaker withholds sainel responsibly.

cards

Advanced Kai role-play set

card 01

embedded claim challenge

One speaker reports a complex claim. The other challenges it without calling it false too quickly.

roles

  • speaker A reports the claim
  • speaker B asks for evidence and offers a careful disagreement

target forms

  • va
  • Mi el sile ti.
  • ri mi sha e sainel.
  • Ma rallune.

constraints

  • Use one embedded va clause.
  • Separate non-agreement from falsehood.
  • Ask for precise explanation.

success checks

  • The embedded claim is recoverable.
  • The challenge is polite and exact.
  • The next step is evidence or clarification.
card 02

technical definition audit

A definition is too poetic for technical use. Repair it into Common Kai.

roles

  • speaker A gives the definition
  • speaker B labels the register issue and requests repair

target forms

  • rallune
  • Sio e rali poetic li common.
  • Ma ore sio shal lumo.
  • nelo

constraints

  • Identify the register issue explicitly.
  • Produce one clearer Common Kai definition.
  • Avoid Sacred Kai unless the role-play asks for it.

success checks

  • The repaired definition is usable for teaching.
  • Register labels are accurate.
  • The speakers can explain why the first version failed.
card 03

translation workshop

An English idiom appears in a text. Decide whether to translate literally, paraphrase, or replace with a Kai idiom.

roles

  • translator proposes a version
  • reviewer asks for the translation strategy

target forms

  • miri
  • nelo
  • yelo
  • luno
  • Common Kai

constraints

  • Name the translation strategy.
  • Give one rejected alternative.
  • Keep the final sentence recoverable.

success checks

  • The final translation preserves meaning, not English wording.
  • The rejected version has a clear reason.
  • Register is appropriate for the domain.
card 04

agreement boundary

A speaker wants agreement before the explanation is clear. The other speaker withholds sainel responsibly.

roles

  • speaker A asks for agreement
  • speaker B sets the boundary and requests clarity

target forms

  • sainel
  • An va sio e lumo
  • Mi sha e miri
  • Ma rallune

constraints

  • Do not give sainel before understanding.
  • Use a conditional agreement line.
  • Keep the boundary calm and precise.

success checks

  • Agreement depends on clarity.
  • The repair request is specific.
  • The exchange does not escalate into accusation.