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Beginner Kai / unit 2 / lesson 4

Questions, Short Answers, and Repair

Learn how to ask yes-no questions, use the main question words, answer briefly, and repair communication when you do not understand.

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vocabulary

  • ya
  • sai
  • sha
  • anvai
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • ma
  • lune
  • rin-te
  • rine
  • shal
  • miri
  • tio
  • luni
  • kailun
  • yale
  • sailune
  • neli
  • niva
  • huno
  • namo
  • noa

grammar

  • final ya for yes-no questions
  • content question words
  • question-word placement
  • short answers
  • repair phrases

practice types

  • recognition
  • question formation
  • short answers
  • repair phrases
  • translation
  • mini-dialogue

spaced review

grammar return practice

9 patterns due

Start here before the new lesson work. These earlier patterns are deliberately returning in a later lesson.

third later lesson / from unit 1 / lesson 1

Sounds, Spelling, and First Words

Mix this pattern with the current lesson's main form so retrieval happens in a new context.

  • first-syllable stress
  • no hidden English spelling rules
  • phonemic spelling
  • pure vowels
next lesson / from unit 2 / lesson 3

Wanting, Needing, and Having

Before new material, explain the older pattern aloud and write one fresh Kai sentence with it.

  • li for wanting and direction
  • nive for need
  • possession as relation
  • safety vocabulary
  • te for with/having

beginner vocabulary load

cumulative vocabulary limit

within limit
new terms
22
cumulative
58
limit
60
remaining
2

The Beginner course keeps a running vocabulary cap so learners can practice the sentence engine without uncontrolled word growth.

new in this lesson

  • ya
  • sai
  • sha
  • anvai
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • ma
  • lune
  • rin-te
  • rine
  • shal
  • tio
  • luni
  • kailun
  • yale
  • sailune
  • neli

practice sheet

write your answers

  1. Translate: Ti e niva ya?
  2. Translate: Ti li huno ya?
  3. Translate: Huno te ti ya?
  4. Translate: Ti el nive namo ya?
  5. Translate: Sai. Mi e niva.
  6. Translate: Sha. Mi sha li namo.
  7. Translate: Anvai.
  8. Translate: Ti li yano?
  9. Translate: Mi en yava?
  10. Translate: Yael en noa?
  11. Fill the blank: Ti e miri ___? = Do you understand?
  12. Fill the blank: ___ e niva. = Yes. I am safe.
  13. Fill the blank: Ti li ___? = What do you want?
  14. Fill the blank: Mi en ___? = Where am I?
  15. Fill the blank: Ma lune ___. = Please say it again.
  16. Write in Kai: Are you safe?
  17. Write in Kai: Do you want water?
  18. Write in Kai: What do you need?
  19. Write in Kai: Where is home / the place?
  20. Write in Kai: I do not understand.
  21. Write in Kai: Please speak slowly.
  22. Write in Kai: What does this mean?
  23. Choose the better Kai question for "What do you want?": Ya ti li huno? or Ti li yano?
  24. Choose the better Kai question for "Are you safe?": Ti e niva ya? or Ti e ya niva?
  25. Write a four-line mini-dialogue that includes one yes-no question, one content question, one short answer, and one repair phrase.