Beginner Kai / unit 4 / lesson 11
Beginner Final Assessment
Complete the Beginner Kai course with a graded assessment in reading, grammar, translation, dialogue, and short writing.
vocabulary
grammar
practice types
spaced review
grammar return practice
Start here before the new lesson work. These earlier patterns are deliberately returning in a later lesson.
Place, Direction, and Relation Phrases
Use the pattern in a short dialogue, paragraph, translation, or project answer without looking back.
- direction and wanting with li
- location with en
- relation phrase order
- route and means with al
- source and belonging with na
- with and possession with te
Time Words, Memory, and Future Intention
Use the pattern in the review, assessment, project, or capstone evidence for this course.
- an for future intention
- or for completed manifest event
- simple plan statements
- time words after the clause
- um for remembered past
- yari time questions
Describing People, Things, and Sources
Mix this pattern with the current lesson's main form so retrieval happens in a new context.
- compact head-quality modifiers
- descriptive noun phrases
- predicate qualities with e
- questions about description and source
- source and belonging phrases with na
beginner vocabulary load
cumulative vocabulary limit
- new terms
- 0
- cumulative
- 86
- limit
- 90
- remaining
- 4
The Beginner course keeps a running vocabulary cap so learners can practice the sentence engine without uncontrolled word growth.
new in this lesson
No new vocabulary. This page recycles already introduced Beginner terms.
practice sheet
write your answers
A. Reading Aloud and Sound Control
Read the following words aloud. Give each written vowel a clear value.
| Words |
|---|
kai, kailun, hune, huno, name, namo |
niva, nive, nivo, nivu, mire, miri |
lune, luni, rine, rinum, rinan, rinve |
ya, yael, yano, yava, yari, yaal, yave |
Now read these sentences aloud.
Mi e elen.Ti e niva ya?Mi el name namo rine.Nai an yare li sannoa rinan.Mi sha e miri. Ma lune rin-te.
B. Grammar Recognition
Choose the best Kai form or explanation.
Mi en noa. / Mi e en noa.
Mi e elen. / Mi en elen.
at the end / before the subject
Ti li yano? / Ya ti li huno?
Mi el nive huno. / Mi e huno.
Huno te mi. / Mi e huno.
Mi el vae teno li ti. / Mi el vae li ti teno.
Mi el name namo. / Mi e name namo.
Mi an yare rinan. / Mi el an yare rinan.
Mi um yare rinum. / Mi or yare rinum.
Mi or yare rinum. / Mi um yare rinum.
Ti el yare li yava? / Ti el yare ya?
noa niva / niva noa
Noa na mi e niva. / Mi e noa niva.
Ma lune al rin shal. / Ma sha lune rin-te.
- I am at home / in the place.
- I am a person.
- The yes-no question marker normally goes:
- What do you want?
- I need water.
- I have water.
- I am giving the object to you.
- I am eating food.
- I will go later.
- I remember going before.
- I went before.
- Where are you going?
- safe home / safe place.
- My home is safe.
- Please speak slowly.
C. Kai to English Translation
Translate into clear English.
Mi e eli.Ti e niva ya?Sha. Mi sha e miri.Mi li huno.Ti el nive namo.Huno te mi.Mi en noa rine.Nai el yare li sannoa.Mi an hune huno rinan.Noa na mi e niva.
D. English to Kai Translation
Translate into Common Kai.
- I am a person.
- You are safe.
- I want food.
- You need water.
- I have protection.
- Are you safe?
- What do you want?
- I am going home / toward the place.
- I am eating food now.
- We will discuss later.
E. Reading Comprehension
Read the passage, then answer the questions in English or Kai.
| Kai |
|---|
Maria en noa rine. |
Noa na Maria e niva. |
Aleso e teeli na Maria. |
Aleso el hune huno rine. |
Namo te Maria. |
Maria an vae namo li Aleso rinan. |
Nai an yare li sannoa rinan. |
Rinum, Maria um yare li sannoa. |
Aleso sha e miri. Ma lune rin-te. |
- Where is Maria now?
- Is Maria's place safe?
- Who is Aleso?
- What is Aleso drinking now?
- What will Maria give to Aleso later?
- Where will they go later?
- Which repair phrase appears in the passage?
F. Dialogue Writing
Write an eight-line dialogue in Kai. It must include:
- one yes-no question
- one content question
- one short answer
- one repair phrase
- one need sentence
- one have/with sentence
- one direction sentence with
li - one time word
G. Short Writing
Write a six-sentence paragraph in Kai about a practical beginner scene. Include:
- one identity or quality sentence with
e - one location sentence with
en - one present action sentence with
el - one object after a predicate
- one future intention sentence with
an - one source or belonging phrase with
na