kai

Beginner Kai / BD003

school and water

Recognize lunnoa inside the same beginner place-question pattern.

Beginner course all dialogues audio file source text

model

dialogue

  1. speaker A O ti. Hey, you.
  2. speaker A Ti en lunnoa ya? Are you at school?
  3. speaker B Sai. Mi en lunnoa. Yes. I am at school.
  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 lunnoa ya? asks whether the listener is at the place.
  • Sai. Mi en lunnoa. gives a positive location answer.
  • Ti li huno ya? repeats the want question across the set.

vocabulary

notes for this dialogue

lunnoa
school, speech-place
ti
you
mi
I
en
in, within, at
ya
yes-no question marker
sai
yes, aligned
huno
water, liquid

comprehension

answer from the Kai

  1. 01
    Which sentence asks whether the listener is at school?
    answer

    Ti en lunnoa ya?

  2. 02
    Who is at lunnoa?
    answer

    Speaker B / mi.

  3. 03
    Which sentence says yes to wanting water?
    answer

    Sai, mi li huno.

practice

short production task

  • Read the whole dialogue and tap once every time you hear mi or ti.
  • Change lunnoa to namnoa and translate the new question.
  • Ask the huno question without looking at the page.