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Beginner Kai / unit 2 / lesson 5

Place, Direction, and Relation Phrases

Learn how Common Kai places people and things, sends motion toward a place, and links nouns with the five core relation particles.

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vocabulary

  • li
  • na
  • en
  • al
  • te
  • mi
  • ti
  • si
  • nai
  • noa
  • yare
  • yair
  • yava
  • ya
  • huno
  • namo
  • teno
  • alo
  • vao
  • sannoa
  • niva
  • rine
  • vae
  • ore

grammar

  • location with en
  • direction and wanting with li
  • source and belonging with na
  • route and means with al
  • with and possession with te
  • relation phrase order

practice types

  • recognition
  • relation-particle choice
  • sentence formation
  • question formation
  • translation
  • guided production

spaced review

grammar return practice

10 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 2

Pronouns, Names, and Identity

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

  • Common Kai identity sentences
  • gender-neutral si
  • names as subjects
  • subject + e + noun
  • subject + e + quality
next lesson / from unit 2 / lesson 4

Questions, Short Answers, and Repair

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

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

beginner vocabulary load

cumulative vocabulary limit

within limit
new terms
9
cumulative
67
limit
70
remaining
3

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

new in this lesson

  • en
  • al
  • yare
  • yair
  • alo
  • vao
  • sannoa
  • vae
  • ore

practice sheet

write your answers

  1. Translate: Mi en noa.
  2. Translate: Ti en sannoa.
  3. Translate: Mi el yare li noa.
  4. Translate: Ti el yare li sannoa.
  5. Translate: Noa na mi.
  6. Translate: Teno na ti.
  7. Translate: Mi el yare al yair.
  8. Translate: Mi el ore al alo.
  9. Translate: Huno te mi.
  10. Translate: Mi el yare te ti.
  11. Fill the blank: Mi ___ noa. = I am in the place.
  12. Fill the blank: Ti el yare ___ sannoa. = You are going to the clinic.
  13. Fill the blank: Noa ___ ti. = your home.
  14. Fill the blank: Mi el yare ___ yair. = I am going by the path.
  15. Fill the blank: Namo ___ mi. = I have food.
  16. Write in Kai: I am at home / in the place.
  17. Write in Kai: You are going to the clinic.
  18. Write in Kai: My home.
  19. Write in Kai: I am going through the door.
  20. Write in Kai: I have water.
  21. Write in Kai: I am going with you.
  22. Ask in Kai: Where am I?
  23. Ask in Kai: Where are you going?
  24. Choose the better Kai sentence for "I am at home": Mi e en noa. or Mi en noa.
  25. Choose the better Kai sentence for "I am giving the object to you at home now": Mi el vae teno li ti en noa rine. or Mi en noa rine el vae li ti teno.
  26. Write a four-line dialogue using en, li, al, and te.