kai

Beginner Kai / speaking

conversation role-play cards

Partner-ready role-play cards for this course level. Each card gives a scenario, speaker roles, target forms, constraints, and success checks so practice stays focused and assessable.

Beginner Kai spaced review self-assessment model responses

routine

how to run a card

  • Read the scenario and assign roles before speaking.
  • Speak once slowly, then repeat with roles switched.
  • Use the constraints during the role-play, not as after-the-fact corrections.
  • Finish by checking the success criteria together.

cards

practice path

  1. safe greeting and water Two learners meet at a doorway. One checks whether the other is safe and whether they need water.
  2. where are you One learner is looking for the other. Ask whether they are at home, school, work, or the clinic.
  3. need and have Speaker A needs a basic item. Speaker B says who has it and offers help.
  4. repair the conversation One learner does not understand a line and asks for a slower repeat.

cards

Beginner Kai role-play set

card 01

safe greeting and water

Two learners meet at a doorway. One checks whether the other is safe and whether they need water.

roles

  • speaker A asks two yes-no questions
  • speaker B answers with sai or sha and one need sentence

target forms

  • O ti.
  • Ti e niva ya?
  • Ti el nive huno ya?
  • Sai. Mi el nive huno.

constraints

  • Use only Beginner sentence shapes.
  • Keep every answer to one short sentence.
  • Switch roles and repeat once.

success checks

  • Final ya marks each yes-no question.
  • Need is expressed with el nive.
  • Both speakers keep pronunciation slow and clear.
card 02

where are you

One learner is looking for the other. Ask whether they are at home, school, work, or the clinic.

roles

  • speaker A asks location questions
  • speaker B chooses one place and answers

target forms

  • Ti en noa ya?
  • Mi en lunnoa.
  • Mi en kamnoa.
  • Mi en sannoa.

constraints

  • Use en for location.
  • Use one place word per turn.
  • Do not add story or Sacred Kai wording.

success checks

  • The place word follows en.
  • The answer repeats the place clearly.
  • Speaker A can ask a follow-up with yava.
card 03

need and have

Speaker A needs a basic item. Speaker B says who has it and offers help.

roles

  • speaker A states one need
  • speaker B answers with te and a short offer

target forms

  • Mi el nive namo.
  • Huno te mi.
  • Teno te nai.
  • Ma vae teno li mi.

constraints

  • Use te for with or having by relation.
  • Use ma for the request or offer.
  • Use only huno, namo, teno, noa, and niva as content words.

success checks

  • The need sentence is not confused with possession.
  • The offer includes li for direction toward the receiver.
  • The exchange reaches a practical resolution.
card 04

repair the conversation

One learner does not understand a line and asks for a slower repeat.

roles

  • speaker A says a short Kai sentence
  • speaker B repairs the conversation

target forms

  • Mi sha e miri.
  • Ma lune rin-te.
  • Ma lune al rin shal.
  • Sai. Mi e miri.

constraints

  • Do not apologize in English during the role-play.
  • Ask for one repeat, then answer again.
  • Keep the repaired line inside Beginner grammar.

success checks

  • The repair phrase is polite and direct.
  • The repeated sentence is slower, not louder.
  • The second answer shows understanding or continued non-understanding.