kai

Intermediate to Advanced / spaced review

Advanced Kai review

A cumulative review path for keeping each lesson active after the first pass. Use the cycle after every lesson, then run the unit cards before assessments or projects.

course index proficiency scale self-assessment checklist all courses

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.

cadence

spaced review cycle

same day

First retrieval

Complete the practice sheet from memory, then correct with the online answer key.

+1 day

Short recall

Rewrite the lesson's core vocabulary and two grammar patterns without looking.

+3 days

Mixed recall

Redo selected prompts from the current unit and one earlier lesson.

+7 days

Production pass

Write original Kai sentences or a short dialogue using the same grammar.

+14 days

Cumulative check

Review the unit card, repair errors, and move weak items into the next cycle.

cumulative units

unit review cards

unit 1

Complex Clauses and Embedded `va`

Relative clauses, embedded statements, reported questions, and recoverable complex clause boundaries.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • mi
  • ti
  • si
  • nai
  • tio
  • sio
  • e
  • el

grammar recall

  • 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
  • avoiding over-nesting
  • repeated heads and names for clarity
  • direct versus indirect speech choices

practice mix

  • relative clause recognition
  • embedded clause recognition
  • reported question drills
  • direct-to-indirect rewriting
  • sentence combining
  • complexity reduction
  • translation
  • guided advanced writing
  • answer key
unit 2

Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility

Advanced control of wanting, needing, ability, permission, obligation, advice, and possible outcomes.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • mi
  • ti
  • si
  • nai
  • tio
  • sio
  • e
  • el
  • an

grammar recall

  • 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
  • prohibition with ma sha
  • negated modality
  • modal scope
  • embedded modality with va
  • conditional and counterfactual modality
  • choosing plain Common Kai over compressed English modal verbs

practice mix

  • modality recognition
  • English modal disambiguation
  • permission ability possibility drills
  • negated modality
  • modal scope
  • embedded modality
  • conditional modality
  • translation
  • guided policy dialogue writing
  • answer key
unit 3

Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope

Comparison, quantity, emphasis, scope, and avoiding ambiguity in advanced sentences.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • la
  • sa
  • no
  • ri
  • ve
  • vea
  • vela
  • vesa
  • veno
  • yave
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari

grammar recall

  • 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
  • focus and emphasis with sai soli tei rin-te and ai
  • negation and focus scope
  • comparison inside embedded clauses
  • quantifier scope in relative clauses
  • explicit rewrites for unclear English only also even all and not all

practice mix

  • comparison recognition
  • quantifier recognition
  • focus scope drills
  • how-many questions
  • number and group practice
  • embedded comparison
  • scope repair
  • translation
  • guided analytic writing
  • answer key
unit 4

Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement

Claims, evidence, uncertainty, disagreement, polite challenge, and careful argumentative structure.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • mi
  • ti
  • si
  • nai
  • tio
  • sio
  • eli

grammar recall

  • 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
  • agreement and disagreement with sainel and sha e sainel
  • reason with na
  • conclusion with liri
  • contrast with ri
  • uncertainty with anvai and an-vai
  • careful use of evidence through seeing hearing text and examples
  • polite challenge with mi el sile ti

practice mix

  • claim recognition
  • reason and conclusion drills
  • evidence source drills
  • uncertainty marking
  • polite disagreement
  • falsehood versus disagreement
  • embedded argument clauses
  • argument repair
  • translation
  • guided debate dialogue
unit 5

Translation Workshop

English-to-Kai translation workflow, idiom handling, complexity reduction, and register-safe rewrites.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • la
  • sa
  • no
  • ri
  • ve
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • mi

grammar recall

  • translation workflow
  • meaning before English grammar
  • Common Kai layer before inner reading
  • be as e or relation
  • have as te na or en
  • tense as aspect and time words
  • modal disambiguation
  • question transformation
  • English that as va or sio
  • relative clauses with va
  • idiom handling
  • compound choice versus borrowing

practice mix

  • translation diagnosis
  • be and have repair
  • tense and aspect conversion
  • modality disambiguation
  • question and embedded clause translation
  • idiom translation
  • register repair
  • complexity reduction
  • full workshop translations
  • revision critique
unit 6

Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control

Loanwords, definitions, science, software, law, medicine, and exact register.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • la
  • sa
  • no
  • ri
  • ve
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • mi

grammar recall

  • technical register
  • status labels
  • term definition templates
  • native compound versus loan decisions
  • loanword sound adaptation
  • technical entry fields
  • exact symbols in technical text
  • scientific law versus human law
  • register correction
  • Common Kai versus Technical Kai versus Poetic Kai versus Sacred Kai
  • rejecting seed words in learner lessons
  • revising unclear technical definitions

practice mix

  • register recognition
  • status labeling
  • native compound or loan choice
  • loan adaptation
  • definition writing
  • technical term entry building
  • register repair
  • technical translation
  • safety and legal directness
  • guided terminology project
unit 7

Advanced Translation Portfolio Project

Portfolio translation project with commentary, alternatives, and revision notes.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • la
  • sa
  • no
  • ri
  • ve
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • mi

grammar recall

  • cumulative advanced translation
  • source diagnosis
  • practical meaning before word replacement
  • portfolio entry design
  • back-translation
  • translator commentary
  • alternative translations
  • revision notes
  • embedded va clauses
  • relative clauses with va
  • modality
  • permission

practice mix

  • portfolio planning
  • source analysis
  • translation brief
  • five-entry portfolio
  • back-translation
  • commentary writing
  • alternative analysis
  • revision log
  • self-scoring rubric
  • answer key
unit 8

Advanced Final Assessment

Cumulative advanced assessment with scoring guide for clauses, translation, argument, and technical register.

vocabulary recall

  • a
  • la
  • sa
  • no
  • ri
  • ve
  • ma
  • sai
  • sha
  • ya
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • mi

grammar recall

  • cumulative advanced assessment
  • relative clauses with va
  • embedded statements
  • reported yes-no questions
  • content questions
  • modality
  • ability
  • permission
  • obligation
  • advice
  • possibility
  • comparison

practice mix

  • final assessment
  • grammar recognition
  • Kai to English translation
  • English to Kai translation
  • register diagnosis
  • technical correction
  • reading comprehension
  • commentary writing
  • capstone translation
  • scoring guide

grammar spiral

grammar return schedule

72 first-introduced patterns

Every first-introduced instructional grammar point is assigned to later lessons, reviews, assessments, projects, or capstones so learners meet it again after the first explanation.

spiral path

lesson-by-lesson review

cycle 01 / unit 1 / lesson 1

Advanced Unit 01: Complex Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Embedded `va`

Learn how Common Kai builds complex meaning with recoverable relative clauses, embedded statements, reported questions, and disciplined `va` clause boundaries.

  • focus Advanced Unit 01: Complex Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Embedded `va`
  • grammar 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
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 02 / unit 2 / lesson 2

Advanced Unit 02: Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility

Learn to translate English modal verbs into precise Common Kai by separating wanting, needing, ability, permission, obligation, advice, and possible outcomes.

  • focus Advanced Unit 01: Complex Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Embedded `va`, Advanced Unit 02: Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility
  • grammar 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
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 03 / unit 3 / lesson 3

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

Learn to compare qualities, count and quantify groups, and place focus words so advanced Kai sentences remain exact instead of merely English-shaped.

  • focus Advanced Unit 01: Complex Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Embedded `va`, Advanced Unit 02: Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility, Advanced Unit 03: Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope
  • grammar 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
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 04 / unit 4 / lesson 4

Advanced Unit 04: Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement

Learn to build careful arguments in Common Kai by separating claims, reasons, support, uncertainty, agreement, disagreement, and direct falsehood.

  • focus Advanced Unit 02: Modality, Ability, Permission, Obligation, and Possibility, Advanced Unit 03: Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope, Advanced Unit 04: Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement
  • grammar advanced modality, separating desire, need, ability, permission, obligation, advice, and possibility, English can may must should might disambiguation
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 05 / unit 5 / lesson 5

Advanced Unit 05: Translation Workshop from English into Common Kai

Practice a professional English-to-Common-Kai workflow: diagnose the English, translate the practical meaning, choose stable grammar, reduce complexity, handle idioms, and revise for register-safe clarity.

  • focus Advanced Unit 03: Comparison, Quantifiers, Emphasis, and Scope, Advanced Unit 04: Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement, Advanced Unit 05: Translation Workshop from English into Common Kai
  • grammar 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
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 06 / unit 6 / lesson 6

Advanced Unit 06: Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control

Learn how Common Kai handles technical writing: choose the right register, define terms, prefer transparent compounds when useful, mark loans when exact identity matters, and keep safety-critical language precise.

  • focus Advanced Unit 04: Argument, Opinion, Evidence, Uncertainty, and Disagreement, Advanced Unit 05: Translation Workshop from English into Common Kai, Advanced Unit 06: Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control
  • grammar argument as claim reason support and response, reported claims with va, opinion framing with mi li lune va
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 07 / unit 7 / lesson 7

Advanced Translation Portfolio Project

Build a professional Advanced Kai translation portfolio with five translated pieces, back-translations, grammar notes, rejected alternatives, revision notes, and register commentary.

  • focus Advanced Unit 05: Translation Workshop from English into Common Kai, Advanced Unit 06: Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control, Advanced Translation Portfolio Project
  • grammar translation workflow, meaning before English grammar, Common Kai layer before inner reading
  • sheet print practice sheet
cycle 08 / unit 8 / lesson 8

Advanced Final Assessment and Scoring Guide

Complete Advanced Kai with a cumulative scored assessment covering complex clauses, modality, comparison, argument, translation judgment, technical language, register control, and capstone commentary.

  • focus Advanced Unit 06: Technical Speech, Loanwords, Definitions, and Register Control, Advanced Translation Portfolio Project, Advanced Final Assessment and Scoring Guide
  • grammar technical register, status labels, term definition templates
  • sheet print practice sheet