kai

Beginner Kai / BD002

kitchen and water

Use the same question-answer frame with the place word namnoa.

Beginner course all dialogues audio file source text

model

dialogue

  1. speaker A O ti. Hey, you.
  2. speaker A Ti en namnoa ya? Are you in the kitchen?
  3. speaker B Sai. Mi en namnoa. Yes. I am in the kitchen.
  4. speaker A Ti li huno ya? Do you want water?
  5. speaker B Sai, mi li huno. Yes, I want water.

pattern

what changes

  • Ti en namnoa ya? asks whether the listener is at the place.
  • Sai. Mi en namnoa. gives a positive location answer.
  • Ti li huno ya? repeats the want question across the set.

vocabulary

notes for this dialogue

namnoa
kitchen, food-place
en
in, within, at
ya
yes-no question marker
sai
yes, aligned
li
toward, for, want
huno
water, liquid

comprehension

answer from the Kai

  1. 01
    Which word means kitchen?
    answer

    namnoa.

  2. 02
    What answer repeats namnoa?
    answer

    Sai. Mi en namnoa.

  3. 03
    Which particle turns Ti en namnoa into a question?
    answer

    ya.

practice

short production task

  • Say the question slowly, keeping namnoa as three clear syllables.
  • Answer first with Sai. Mi en namnoa, then with Sai, mi li huno.
  • Write one new line that asks whether ti is in noa or namnoa.