Everyday Kai / ID005
asking about the clinic
Practice an embedded travel question, possible future action, contrast, and a need clause with sannoa and telteno.
model
dialogue
- speaker A Mi el yale va ti an yare li sannoa ya. I am asking whether you will go toward the clinic.
- speaker B Mi an-vai yare, ri mi el nive telteno. I might go, but I need a device.
- speaker A An va telteno en tio, nai an teyare. If or when a device is here, we will go together.
- speaker B Sio e sai; liri mi e saini. That is aligned; therefore I am aligned.
map
what changes
- sannoa: clinic, healing place
- telteno: device, signal object
- The frame stays stable: question, possible answer, condition, alignment.
grammar
notes for this dialogue
- Mi el yale va ... ya
- el yale marks an ongoing act of asking; va opens the reported question; final ya keeps the embedded content as a yes-no question.
- ti an yare li sannoa
- an marks future or intention, yare is go or journey, and li points the movement toward sannoa.
- Mi an-vai yare, ri ...
- an-vai marks possible future action; ri turns the sentence toward a contrast or threshold.
- mi el nive telteno
- el marks a current unfolding state; nive means need, protect, or support; telteno names what must be handled before the trip.
- liri mi e saini
- liri marks result, therefore or so; saini marks alignment or sameness with the proposed plan.
translation
Kai-English tasks
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01
Kai to English / embedded yes-no question Mi el yale va ti an yare li sannoa ya.
model answer
I am asking whether you will go toward the clinic.
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02
English to Kai / possibility plus contrast I might go, but I need a device.
model answer
Mi an-vai yare, ri mi el nive telteno.
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03
Kai to English / conditional or future gate An va telteno en tio, nai an teyare.
model answer
If or when a device is here, we will go together.
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04
English to Kai / result connector That is aligned; therefore I am aligned.
model answer
Sio e sai; liri mi e saini.