kai

Beginner Kai / reading

graded beginner readings

Short Kai readings sequenced by lesson scope. The Kai text stays inside Beginner vocabulary and grammar: identity with e, questions, relation phrases, present action, time words, and simple description.

Beginner course proficiency scale

method

how to read

  • Read the Kai aloud before opening the translation.
  • Underline every particle: e, li, te, na, en, al, el, an, um, or, ya.
  • Answer the questions from the Kai text first, then reveal the answer.
  • Rewrite one line with mi, ti, si, or nai changed.

ladder

reading path

  1. Nai e niva. Lessons 01-02
  2. Noa te teeli. Lessons 01-03
  3. Yare li noa. Lessons 01-05
  4. Rine te rinan. Lessons 01-07
  5. Lumo en noa. Lessons 01-08

texts

beginner reading ladder

Lessons 01-02 / identity and quality

Nai e niva.

Read short identity sentences with e.

Mi e eli.

Ti e elen.

Si e teeli.

Nai e nain.

Nai e niva.

translation
  1. I am a living being.
  2. You are a person.
  3. That one is a friend.
  4. We here are a community.
  5. We here are safe.
comprehension
  1. 01
    Who is a friend?
    answer

    Si e teeli.

  2. 02
    What quality does nai have?
    answer

    niva.

  3. 03
    Which sentence names the present group?
    answer

    Nai e nain.

Lessons 01-03 / wanting and relation

Noa te teeli.

Read simple li, te, and safety sentences.

Mi li noa.

Ti li huno.

Si te namo.

Nai te niva.

Ti e niva ya?

Sai. Mi e niva.

translation
  1. I want home.
  2. You want water.
  3. That one has food / is with food.
  4. We here are with safety.
  5. Are you safe?
  6. Yes. I am safe.
comprehension
  1. 01
    What does ti want?
    answer

    huno.

  2. 02
    Who has namo?
    answer

    si.

  3. 03
    How does mi answer the safety question?
    answer

    Sai. Mi e niva.

Lessons 01-05 / place and direction

Yare li noa.

Read en, li, al, na, and te relation phrases.

Mi en yair.

Ti en noa.

Si yare li noa.

Nai yare al vao.

Namo na mi en noa.

Teno te ti en yair.

translation
  1. I am at the place.
  2. You are at home.
  3. That one goes toward home.
  4. We here go by the route.
  5. My food is at home.
  6. Your thing is at the place.
comprehension
  1. 01
    Where is ti?
    answer

    en noa.

  2. 02
    Where does si go?
    answer

    li noa.

  3. 03
    What is at home?
    answer

    Namo na mi.

Lessons 01-07 / action and time

Rine te rinan.

Read el, an, um, or, and time words after the clause.

Mi el name namo rine.

Ti el hune huno rine.

Nai an yare li noa rinan.

Si um yare rinum.

Mi or kame rinum.

Mino na nai e tio.

translation
  1. I am eating food now.
  2. You are drinking water now.
  3. We here will go home later.
  4. That one remembers going before.
  5. I worked before.
  6. This is our plan.
comprehension
  1. 01
    What is mi doing now?
    answer

    Mi el name namo rine.

  2. 02
    When will nai go home?
    answer

    rinan.

  3. 03
    Which sentence uses remembered past?
    answer

    Si um yare rinum.

Lessons 01-08 / description and source

Lumo en noa.

Read beginner description, source, and time in one paragraph.

Noa na nai e niva.

Lumo en noa.

Mi el lune lumo rine.

Ti an yare li noa rinan.

Nai e nain miri.

Kai na nai e lumo.

translation
  1. Our home is safe.
  2. Light is in the home.
  3. I am seeing light now.
  4. You will go home later.
  5. We here are an aware community.
  6. Our Kai is light.
comprehension
  1. 01
    What quality does noa na nai have?
    answer

    niva.

  2. 02
    What is mi seeing now?
    answer

    lumo.

  3. 03
    What does ti intend to do later?
    answer

    Ti an yare li noa rinan.