unit 7 / lesson 8

Everyday Final Assessment and Scoring Guide

Complete Everyday Kai with a graded assessment covering daily needs, travel, work, money, health, safety, emotion, repair, clarification, and practical dialogue.

learner boundary

Common Kai first

This site teaches ordinary Common Kai before sacred, symbolic, or Lumin work. Beginners should keep Sacred Kai as later specialist material until the plain sentence is stable.

• Find the practical Common Kai meaning.
• Say who or what is acting, needing, asking, or being described.
• Open sacred, poetic, or Lumin notes only after the plain reading is clear.

spaced review

grammar return practice

35 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 2

Everyday Unit 02: Travel, Directions, Plans, Schedules, and Appointments

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

• appointments as planned meetings
• asking where and when
• direction with li
• location with en
• permission with vari
• plan questions with mino
• route with al
• schedule and time-point phrases
• source with na
• wait and stay instructions

course checkpoint / from unit 4 / lesson 4

Everyday Unit 04: Work, Money, Services, Buying, and Asking for Help

Use the pattern in the review, assessment, project, or capstone evidence for this course.

• asking with yale
• exchange with mone and mono
• fair exchange with monkai
• help requests with ma nive
• practical service requests
• price questions with yave
• task possession with te
• work completion with or
• work status with el kame

third later lesson / from unit 5 / lesson 5

Everyday Unit 05: Health, Symptoms, Safety, Emergency, and Care

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

• avoiding poetic language in emergencies
• care coordination
• clinic and doctor requests
• direct health status
• pain and wound reporting
• safety commands with ma and ma sha
• symptoms as en phrases
• urgent need with el nive rine

course checkpoint / from unit 6 / lesson 6

Everyday Unit 06: Conversation Strategies, Clarification, Repetition, and Polite Disagreement

Use the pattern in the review, assessment, project, or capstone evidence for this course.

• clarification questions
• learning and meta-language
• listening without agreement
• pacing
• polite disagreement
• register correction
• repair phrases
• repetition requests

vocabulary

lesson vocabulary

89 items

• ma
• sai
• sha
• ya
• yano
• yava
• yari
• yaal
• yave
• mi
• ti
• si
• nai
• tio
• sio
• e
• el
• an
• or
• li
• na
• en
• al
• te
• va
• ri
• rine
• rinan
• rinum
• rin-te
• shal
• mino
• noa
• namo
• name
• huno
• hune
• sano
• sannoa
• sanmire
• elen
• sani
• sanu
• niva
• nive
• nivo
• nivu
• noro
• nuno
• momo
• muno
• silu
• hile
• hole
• yare
• yaro
• kamnoa
• vennoa
• yanai
• rino
• kame
• kamo
• kolo
• mone
• mono
• monkai
• teno
• luno
• tellune
• miri
• lune
• luni
• kailun
• yelo
• sailune
• neli
• sile
• sainel
• shanel
• viro
• varo
• lumri
• heni
• mali
• risi
• tave
• haie
• male
• mele

grammar

lesson patterns

9 patterns

• cumulative Everyday Kai assessment
• practical requests
• travel and appointments
• work and exchange
• health and emergency
• emotion and repair
• clarification
• polite disagreement
• dialogue writing

pronunciation

pronunciation practice

9 cues

sound focus

• e eh clear e; do not reduce it

say these words

1. ma mah /ˈma/
2. sai seye /ˈsai̯/
3. sha shah /ˈʃa/
4. ya yah /ˈja/
5. yano yah-noh /ˈja.no/
6. yava yah-vah /ˈja.ʋa/
7. yari yah-ree /ˈja.ɾi/
8. yaal yah-ahl /ˈja.al/

speaking routine

1. Say each form once slowly, keeping every written vowel audible.
2. Repeat the list at normal speed without changing the vowel quality.
3. Use two words in a short sentence and keep first-syllable stress stable.

translation

translation drill

8 prompts

1. Kai to English Mi el nive namo.
2. Kai to English Ti el nive sano ya?
3. Kai to English Milo na mi en noa.
4. Kai to English Nai an yare li sannoa rinan.
5. Kai to English Yanai te mi rinan.
6. Kai to English Mi el kame rine.
7. Kai to English Kamo e kamu.
8. Kai to English Tio e yave mono?

dialogue

dialogue practice

2 prompt sets / 1 audio model

Practical Dialogue Writing

• Home and health dialogue: 8 lines. Include food or water, illness or pain, medicine or rest, and a clinic question.
• Travel, work, and money dialogue: 10 lines. Include a plan, a destination, work or task, price, payment, and fair exchange.
• Conflict and repair dialogue: 10 lines. Include hurt, apology, honest correction, one repair phrase, listening, disagreement with ri, and one boundary.

Role-Play or Oral Production

• Choose one prompt and perform or write a 12-line dialogue. Score it with the rubric below.
• A person is ill at home, needs water and medicine, and must go to a clinic later.
• A person is late for an appointment, asks for the time, needs directions, and asks someone to repeat slowly.
• A worker asks for help, discusses payment, disagrees politely about fairness, and repairs the conversation.
• A safety issue occurs. Someone gives a warning, calls for help, asks for a doctor, and sets a boundary.

dialogue audio model

Longer Common Kai turns for everyday and story-level listening.

source text connected speech

listening

listening practice

2 audio sources

Intermediate dialogue audio

Longer Common Kai turns for everyday and story-level listening.

source text connected speech

1. Listen once without the source text and follow the speaker turns.
2. Replay and shadow three short Kai lines aloud.
3. Write two lines from dictation, then check the source text.

listening comprehension

1. 01
   In ID001, what full question does speaker A ask? follow an extended yes-no question

   answer

   Mi el yale va ti an yare li noa ya.

2. 02
   What phrase does speaker B use to show a possible future action? hear an-vai as possible intention

   answer

   Mi an-vai yare.

3. 03
   In ID001, what does speaker B say they are becoming more of? identify the changing complement after nive

   answer

   namo.

4. 04
   What follow-up line does speaker A use after hearing speaker B's answer? track the response that mirrors the keyword

   answer

   An va namo en tio, nai an teyare.

5. 05
   Across ID001-ID005, which five words follow nive in speaker B's second clause? track the rotating intermediate keyword

   answer

   namo, huno, alo, luno, telteno.

Core 1,000 word audio

High-frequency Common Kai words with teaching pronunciations.

source text word recognition

1. Pick ten lesson vocabulary items and listen for them in the word list.
2. Write the Kai spelling before checking the source text.
3. Repeat the ten words aloud in short two-word groups.

answers

structured answer key

5 sections / 70 answers

Practical Grammar and Usage 15 answers

• 1 Mi el nive huno.
• 2 Huno te mi.
• 3 Sannoa en yava?
• 4 Nai an yare li sannoa rinan.
• 5 Rino na yanai e yano?
• 6 Mi el kame rine.
• 7 Tio e yave mono?
• 8 Monkai e sai.
• 9 Ma sha hune tio.
• 10 Mi el nive sanmire elen rine.
• 11 Mi or male na sio.
• 12 Mi el sile ti.
• 13 Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.
• 14 Ma lune rin-te.
• 15 Tio e yano luni?

Kai to English Translation 15 answers

• 16 I need food.
• 17 Do you need medicine?
• 18 My family / close group is at home.
• 19 We will go to the clinic later.
• 20 I have an appointment later.
• 21 I am working now.
• 22 The task is difficult / burdensome.
• 23 How much money is this?
• 24 Danger is here.
• 25 Call for help.
• 26 I have pain.
• 27 That hurt me.
• 28 Please correct me honestly.
• 29 I do not understand.
• 30 I hear you, but I do not agree.

English to Kai Translation 20 answers

• 31 Mi el nive namo.
• 32 Mi el nive sano.
• 33 Milo na mi en noa.
• 34 Sannoa en yava?
• 35 Nai an yare li kamnoa rinan.
• 36 Yanai te mi rinan.
• 37 Rino na yanai e yano?
• 38 Mi el kame rine.
• 39 Ma nive mi.
• 40 Mi el mone mono li ti.
• 41 Monkai e sai.
• 42 Nivu en tio.
• 43 Ma sha name tio.
• 44 Muno en mi.
• 45 Mi el nive sanmire elen rine.
• 46 Sio or tave mi.
• 47 Ma sailune li mi al neli.
• 48 Mi sha e miri.
• 49 Ma lune al rin shal.
• 50 Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.

Reading Comprehension 10 answers

• 51 Maria is at home / in the place now.
• 52 Maria is ill.
• 53 Pain is present in Maria / Maria has pain.
• 54 Aleso needs to give water to Maria.
• 55 Maria has an appointment later.
• 56 They will go to the clinic later.
• 57 Aleso has the appointment time.
• 58 Aleso is working now.
• 59 Ma lune al rin shal.
• 60 Aleso apologizes for that, listens to Maria, and they will return to clarity later.

Repair and Disagreement Choices 10 answers

• 61 Mi sha e miri.
• 62 Ma lune rin-te.
• 63 Ma lune al rin shal.
• 64 Mi el nive yelo.
• 65 Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.
• 66 Sio sha e niva.
• 67 Mi el nive varo.
• 68 Ma sailune li mi al neli.
• 69 Sio e rali poetic li common.
• 70 Mi e miri rine.

Objectives

• Demonstrate practical Everyday Kai across ordinary life domains.
• Translate common daily sentences from Kai to English and English to Kai.
• Read and interpret a multi-topic Common Kai passage.
• Choose clear Common Kai over vague, poetic, or unsafe phrasing.
• Write realistic dialogues for home, travel, work, health, and conflict.
• Use repair and polite disagreement without losing clarity.

Assessment Rules

Complete a first attempt without the answer key. Afterward, use the reference pages to correct your work and score your performance.

Recommended pass levels:

Scoring Guide

Practice

A. Practical Grammar and Usage

Choose the best answer.

Mi el nive huno. / Mi e huno.

Huno te mi. / Mi el huno.

Sannoa en yava? / Sannoa li yava?

Nai an yare li sannoa rinan. / Nai an el yare sannoa.

Rino na yanai e yano? / Yanai e yari?

Mi el kame rine. / Mi e kame rine.

Tio e yave mono? / Tio e mono ya?

Monkai e sai. / Mono e sainel.

Ma sha hune tio. / Ma hune sha tio.

Mi el nive sanmire elen rine. / Mi e sanmire rine.

Mi or male na sio. / Mi e male ti.

Mi el sile ti. / Mi e sile ti.

Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel. / Mi el sile ti sha sainel.

Ma lune rin-te. / Ma lune rinan.

Tio e yano luni? / Tio li yano ya?

1. I need water.
2. I have water.
3. Where is the clinic?
4. We will go to the clinic later.
5. What is the appointment time?
6. I am working now.
7. How much money is this?
8. The exchange is fair.
9. Do not drink this.
10. I need a doctor now.
11. I am sorry for that.
12. I hear you.
13. I hear you, but I do not agree.
14. Please say it again.
15. What does this mean?

B. Kai to English Translation

Translate into clear English.

1. Mi el nive namo.
2. Ti el nive sano ya?
3. Milo na mi en noa.
4. Nai an yare li sannoa rinan.
5. Yanai te mi rinan.
6. Mi el kame rine.
7. Kamo e kamu.
8. Tio e yave mono?
9. Nivu en tio.
10. Ma hile li nive.
11. Momo en mi.
12. Sio or tave mi.
13. Ma sailune li mi al neli.
14. Mi sha e miri.
15. Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.

C. English to Kai Translation

Translate into Common Kai.

1. I need food.
2. I need medicine.
3. My family is at home.
4. Where is the clinic?
5. We will go to the workplace later.
6. I have an appointment later.
7. What is the appointment time?
8. I am working now.
9. Please help me.
10. I am paying money to you.
11. The exchange is fair.
12. Danger is here.
13. Do not eat this.
14. I have a wound.
15. I need a doctor now.
16. That hurt me.
17. Please correct me honestly.
18. I do not understand.
19. Please speak slowly.
20. I hear you, but I do not agree.

D. Reading Comprehension

Read the passage, then answer the questions in English or Kai.

1. Where is Maria now?
2. What is Maria's health status?
3. What symptom or problem is present?
4. What does Aleso need to give Maria?
5. What does Maria have later?
6. Where will they go later?
7. Who has the appointment time?
8. What is Aleso doing now?
9. Which repair phrase does Maria use?
10. How does Aleso respond after the repair request?

E. Repair and Disagreement Choices

Choose the best Everyday Kai strategy.

Mi sha e miri. / Sio e shanel.

Ma lune rin-te. / Ma hile li nive.

Ma lune al rin shal. / Ma yare al yaro.

Mi el nive yelo. / Mi el nive mono.

Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel. / Mi e miri rine.

Sio sha e niva. / Sio e sainel.

Mi el nive varo. / Mi el nive venlune.

Ma sailune li mi al neli. / Ma tellune luno li mi.

Sio e rali poetic li common. / Sio e yave mono.

Mi e miri rine. / Mi sha e miri.

1. You do not understand a sentence.
2. You need repetition.
3. You need slow speech.
4. You want an example.
5. You hear someone, but do not agree.
6. Something is unsafe.
7. You need space.
8. You want honest correction.
9. Something is more poetic than common.
10. You understand now.

F. Practical Dialogue Writing

Write three dialogues in Kai.

1. Home and health dialogue: 8 lines. Include food or water, illness or pain, medicine or rest, and a clinic question.
2. Travel, work, and money dialogue: 10 lines. Include a plan, a destination, work or task, price, payment, and fair exchange.
3. Conflict and repair dialogue: 10 lines. Include hurt, apology, honest correction, one repair phrase, listening, disagreement with ri, and one boundary.

G. Role-Play or Oral Production

Choose one prompt and perform or write a 12-line dialogue. Score it with the rubric below.

1. A person is ill at home, needs water and medicine, and must go to a clinic later.
2. A person is late for an appointment, asks for the time, needs directions, and asks someone to repeat slowly.
3. A worker asks for help, discusses payment, disagrees politely about fairness, and repairs the conversation.
4. A safety issue occurs. Someone gives a warning, calls for help, asks for a doctor, and sets a boundary.

Role-play scoring:

Answer Key

A. Practical Grammar and Usage

1. Mi el nive huno.
2. Huno te mi.
3. Sannoa en yava?
4. Nai an yare li sannoa rinan.
5. Rino na yanai e yano?
6. Mi el kame rine.
7. Tio e yave mono?
8. Monkai e sai.
9. Ma sha hune tio.
10. Mi el nive sanmire elen rine.
11. Mi or male na sio.
12. Mi el sile ti.
13. Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.
14. Ma lune rin-te.
15. Tio e yano luni?

B. Kai to English Translation

1. I need food.
2. Do you need medicine?
3. My family / close group is at home.
4. We will go to the clinic later.
5. I have an appointment later.
6. I am working now.
7. The task is difficult / burdensome.
8. How much money is this?
9. Danger is here.
10. Call for help.
11. I have pain.
12. That hurt me.
13. Please correct me honestly.
14. I do not understand.
15. I hear you, but I do not agree.

C. English to Kai Translation

1. Mi el nive namo.
2. Mi el nive sano.
3. Milo na mi en noa.
4. Sannoa en yava?
5. Nai an yare li kamnoa rinan.
6. Yanai te mi rinan.
7. Rino na yanai e yano?
8. Mi el kame rine.
9. Ma nive mi.
10. Mi el mone mono li ti.
11. Monkai e sai.
12. Nivu en tio.
13. Ma sha name tio.
14. Muno en mi.
15. Mi el nive sanmire elen rine.
16. Sio or tave mi.
17. Ma sailune li mi al neli.
18. Mi sha e miri.
19. Ma lune al rin shal.
20. Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.

D. Reading Comprehension

1. Maria is at home / in the place now.
2. Maria is ill.
3. Pain is present in Maria / Maria has pain.
4. Aleso needs to give water to Maria.
5. Maria has an appointment later.
6. They will go to the clinic later.
7. Aleso has the appointment time.
8. Aleso is working now.
9. Ma lune al rin shal.
10. Aleso apologizes for that, listens to Maria, and they will return to clarity later.

E. Repair and Disagreement Choices

1. Mi sha e miri.
2. Ma lune rin-te.
3. Ma lune al rin shal.
4. Mi el nive yelo.
5. Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.
6. Sio sha e niva.
7. Mi el nive varo.
8. Ma sailune li mi al neli.
9. Sio e rali poetic li common.
10. Mi e miri rine.

F. Practical Dialogue Writing

Score each dialogue with this rubric:

Sample answer for 71:

Ti e niva ya?

Sha. Mi e sanu.

Momo en mi.

Mi el nive huno.

Ma vae huno li mi.

Ti el nive sano ya?

Sai. Mi el nive sano.

Sannoa en yava?

Sample answer for 72:

Mino e yano?

Nai an yare li kamnoa rinan.

Mi el kame rine.

Kamo te mi.

Mi li tio.

Tio e yave mono?

Mono te mi.

Mi el mone mono li ti.

Monkai e sai ya?

Sai. Monkai e sai.

Sample answer for 73:

Sio or tave mi.

Mi or male na sio.

Ma sailune li mi al neli.

Mi sha e miri.

Ma lune rin-te.

Mi el sile ti.

Mi el sile ti, ri mi sha e sainel.

Mi li lune va sio sha e niva.

Tio e viro.

Ma nai lumri.

G. Role-Play or Oral Production

Answers will vary. Award up to 10 points using the role-play rubric in the prompt. A strong answer uses short Common Kai sentences, includes at least one question and answer, includes one repair phrase, and stays practical rather than poetic.