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Beginner Kai / unit 4 / lesson 9

Beginner Review 01: First Sentences and Questions

Review the first four Beginner lessons with cumulative practice in sounds, first sentences, needs, questions, short answers, and repair.

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vocabulary

  • kai
  • kailun
  • mi
  • ti
  • si
  • nai
  • eli
  • elen
  • elin
  • nain
  • teeli
  • aeli
  • e
  • li
  • te
  • na
  • ya
  • sai
  • sha
  • anvai
  • yael
  • yano
  • yava
  • yari
  • yana
  • yaal
  • yave
  • huno
  • namo
  • noa
  • teno
  • niva
  • nive
  • nivo
  • nivu
  • miri
  • ma
  • lune
  • rin-te
  • shal
  • tio
  • luni
  • sailune
  • neli

grammar

  • Roman Kai sound review
  • identity and quality with e
  • wanting with li
  • need with el nive
  • possession-like relation with te
  • belonging with na
  • yes-no questions with final ya
  • content question words
  • repair phrases

practice types

  • cumulative review
  • recognition
  • reading comprehension
  • translation
  • sentence production
  • dialogue repair
  • self-assessment

spaced review

grammar return practice

16 patterns due

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

sixth later lesson / from unit 2 / lesson 3

Wanting, Needing, and Having

Use the pattern in a short dialogue, paragraph, translation, or project answer without looking back.

  • li for wanting and direction
  • nive for need
  • possession as relation
  • safety vocabulary
  • te for with/having
third later lesson / from unit 3 / lesson 6

Present Action, Objects, and Everyday Routines

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

  • direct objects after predicates
  • el for current process
  • negated present action
  • predicate after el
  • relation phrases after objects
  • routine action with rinve
next lesson / from unit 3 / lesson 8

Describing People, Things, and Sources

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

  • 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

within 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. Recognition

Choose the function of the marked word or phrase.

  1. Mi e eli.
  2. Ti li huno.
  3. Mi el nive namo.
  4. Huno te mi.
  5. Noa na ti.
  6. Ti e niva ya?
  7. Ti li yano?
  8. Ma lune rin-te.

Function choices:

  • identity/quality
  • want/toward
  • need/protect/support
  • with/have relation
  • belonging/source
  • yes-no question marker
  • what
  • again

B. Translate Kai to English

  1. Mi e eli.
  2. Ti e niva.
  3. Si e aeli.
  4. Nai e nain.
  5. Mi li huno.
  6. Ti el nive namo.
  7. Nivo te nai.
  8. Teeli na mi.
  9. Ti e miri ya?
  10. Ti li yano?
  11. Yael en noa?
  12. Mi sha e miri.

C. Fill the Blank

  1. Mi ___ eli. = I am a being.
  2. Ti ___ huno. = You want water.
  3. Mi el ___ namo. = I need food.
  4. Huno ___ mi. = I have water.
  5. Noa ___ ti. = your home.
  6. Ti e niva ___? = Are you safe?
  7. Ti li ___? = What do you want?
  8. Ma lune ___. = Please say it again.

D. Write in Kai

  1. I am a person.
  2. You are safe.
  3. We here are a community.
  4. I want food.
  5. You need water.
  6. I have protection.
  7. My friend.
  8. Are you safe?
  9. What do you need?
  10. I do not understand.
  11. Please speak slowly.
  12. What does this mean?

E. Short Dialogue

Write a six-line dialogue in Kai. It must include:

  • one yes-no question
  • one short answer
  • one need sentence
  • one have/with sentence
  • one content question
  • one repair phrase