Beginner Kai / BD005

clinic and water

Use sannoa in the same pattern and review all five place words.

model

dialogue

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

vocabulary

notes for this dialogue

sannoa
clinic, healing place
noa
home, vessel, place
namnoa
kitchen, food-place
lunnoa
school, speech-place
kamnoa
workplace, work-place
huno
water, liquid

comprehension

answer from the Kai

  1. 01
    Which word means clinic or healing place?
    answer

    sannoa.

  2. 02
    What answer says speaker B is at the clinic?
    answer

    Sai. Mi en sannoa.

  3. 03
    Name the five place words in this dialogue set.
    answer

    noa, namnoa, lunnoa, kamnoa, sannoa.

practice

short production task

  • Read BD001-BD005 in sequence and listen for the one changing word.
  • Make a five-card place drill: noa, namnoa, lunnoa, kamnoa, sannoa.
  • Create one new yes-no question with Ti en ... ya?