Intermediate to Advanced / self-assessment
Advanced Kai checklist
Use this page after the final lesson, before moving to the next course, or after a spaced-review cycle. Check only what you can do without copying from notes.
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.
course outcomes
can-do checklist
completion evidence
ready to advance when
unit checkpoints
course readiness by unit
unit 1
Complex Clauses and Embedded `va`
Relative clauses, embedded statements, reported questions, and recoverable complex clause boundaries.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yari.
I can explain or apply: relative clauses with va after the head noun, embedded statements with va after miri lune sailune and other cognition or speech predicates, reported yes-no questions with ya inside the embedded clause, reported content questions with question words inside the embedded clause, complex clause order.
I can complete mixed practice for: relative clause recognition, embedded clause recognition, reported question drills, direct-to-indirect rewriting.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 2
Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility
Advanced control of wanting, needing, ability, permission, obligation, advice, and possible outcomes.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yari.
I can explain or apply: advanced modality, separating desire, need, ability, permission, obligation, advice, and possibility, English can may must should might disambiguation, modal questions, explicit permission requests with ma vari.
I can complete mixed practice for: modality recognition, English modal disambiguation, permission ability possibility drills, negated modality.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 3
Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope
Comparison, quantity, emphasis, scope, and avoiding ambiguity in advanced sentences.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, la, sa, no, ri, ve, vea, vela.
I can explain or apply: quality comparison with rali sharali saini and viri, comparison standard with te and na, quantifiers with somen ralin shalin shan a-a nai and elin-ve, how-many questions with yave, number and group scope.
I can complete mixed practice for: comparison recognition, quantifier recognition, focus scope drills, how-many questions.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 4
Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement
Claims, evidence, uncertainty, disagreement, polite challenge, and careful argumentative structure.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, ma, sai, sha, ya, yano, yava, yari.
I can explain or apply: argument as claim reason support and response, reported claims with va, opinion framing with mi li lune va, true statement with nelo, falsehood with shanel.
I can complete mixed practice for: claim recognition, reason and conclusion drills, evidence source drills, uncertainty marking.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 5
Translation Workshop
English-to-Kai translation workflow, idiom handling, complexity reduction, and register-safe rewrites.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, la, sa, no, ri, ve, ma, sai.
I can explain or apply: translation workflow, meaning before English grammar, Common Kai layer before inner reading, be as e or relation, have as te na or en.
I can complete mixed practice for: translation diagnosis, be and have repair, tense and aspect conversion, modality disambiguation.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 6
Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control
Loanwords, definitions, science, software, law, medicine, and exact register.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, la, sa, no, ri, ve, ma, sai.
I can explain or apply: technical register, status labels, term definition templates, native compound versus loan decisions, loanword sound adaptation.
I can complete mixed practice for: register recognition, status labeling, native compound or loan choice, loan adaptation.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 7
Advanced Translation Portfolio Project
Portfolio translation project with commentary, alternatives, and revision notes.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, la, sa, no, ri, ve, ma, sai.
I can explain or apply: cumulative advanced translation, source diagnosis, practical meaning before word replacement, portfolio entry design, back-translation.
I can complete mixed practice for: portfolio planning, source analysis, translation brief, five-entry portfolio.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
unit 8
Advanced Final Assessment
Cumulative advanced assessment with scoring guide for clauses, translation, argument, and technical register.
readiness checks
I can recall and use: a, la, sa, no, ri, ve, ma, sai.
I can explain or apply: cumulative advanced assessment, relative clauses with va, embedded statements, reported yes-no questions, content questions.
I can complete mixed practice for: final assessment, grammar recognition, Kai to English translation, English to Kai translation.
I can find and repair at least one mistake from this unit.
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