kai

Everyday Kai / reading

graded everyday readings

Practical Kai readings sequenced by Everyday course domains. The Kai text stays inside Everyday vocabulary and grammar for daily needs, travel, emotion repair, work, health, and conversation.

Everyday course proficiency scale

method

how to read

  • Read the Kai aloud once for gist, then again for particles and relation phrases.
  • Mark the real-world domain: home, travel, repair, work, health, or conversation.
  • Answer from the Kai before opening the translation or answer reveal.
  • Rewrite one line as a direct request with ma or as a question with ya, yava, yari, yano, yaal, or yave.

ladder

reading path

  1. Namo en noa. Unit 01
  2. Mino na nai. Unit 02
  3. Ma lune rin-te. Unit 03 and Unit 06
  4. Kamo te mi. Unit 04
  5. Sannoa en yava? Unit 05 and Unit 06

texts

everyday reading ladder

Unit 01 / home, food, and care

Namo en noa.

Read practical daily-need sentences with el nive, en, li, and ma.

Mi el nive huno rine.

Namo en noa.

Ela el nive namo.

Aeli el nive silu.

Ma vae huno li ela.

Nai te niva.

translation
  1. I need water now.
  2. Food is at home.
  3. The child needs food.
  4. The elder needs rest.
  5. Please give water to the child.
  6. We here are with safety.
comprehension
  1. 01
    What does mi need now?
    answer

    huno.

  2. 02
    Who needs silu?
    answer

    aeli.

  3. 03
    What should someone give to ela?
    answer

    huno.

Unit 02 / travel and plan

Mino na nai.

Read plan, route, location, and safety instructions.

Mino na nai e tio.

Nai an yare li sannoa rinan.

Yare al vao.

Sannoa en yava?

Ma hole en tio.

Ti e niva ya?

translation
  1. This is our plan.
  2. We here will go to the clinic later.
  3. Go by the route.
  4. Where is the clinic?
  5. Please stay here.
  6. Are you safe?
comprehension
  1. 01
    Where will nai go later?
    answer

    li sannoa.

  2. 02
    What route word appears in the third line?
    answer

    vao.

  3. 03
    What question checks safety?
    answer

    Ti e niva ya?

Unit 03 and Unit 06 / emotion and repair

Ma lune rin-te.

Read repair phrases for emotion, misunderstanding, and clarification.

Mi en heni rine.

Ti en mali ya?

Ma lune rin-te.

Mi sha e miri va sio.

Ma rallune shal.

Nai an venlune rinan.

translation
  1. I am in joy now.
  2. Are you in heaviness?
  3. Please speak again.
  4. I do not understand that.
  5. Please explain gently / plainly.
  6. We here will discuss later.
comprehension
  1. 01
    What emotion state does mi report?
    answer

    heni.

  2. 02
    Which line asks for repetition?
    answer

    Ma lune rin-te.

  3. 03
    When will nai discuss?
    answer

    rinan.

Unit 04 / work and exchange

Kamo te mi.

Read work, task, help, money, and fair-exchange sentences.

Mi el kame rine.

Kamo te mi.

Kamo e kamu.

Mi el nive kolo.

Mono e yave?

Monkai e sai ya?

Mi el mone mono li ti.

translation
  1. I am working now.
  2. I have a task.
  3. The task is difficult.
  4. I need a helper.
  5. How much money?
  6. Is the exchange fair?
  7. I am paying money to you.
comprehension
  1. 01
    What does mi have?
    answer

    kamo.

  2. 02
    What does mi need?
    answer

    kolo.

  3. 03
    What question asks if the exchange is fair?
    answer

    Monkai e sai ya?

Unit 05 and Unit 06 / health, safety, and conversation

Sannoa en yava?

Read urgent health and safety lines with clear Everyday repair language.

Mi e sanu.

Mi el nive sano rine.

Sannoa en yava?

Ma hile li nive.

Ma sha hune tio.

Nai el sile ti.

Ti el miri ya?

translation
  1. I am ill.
  2. I need medicine now.
  3. Where is the clinic?
  4. Please call for help.
  5. Do not drink this.
  6. We here are listening to you.
  7. Do you understand?
comprehension
  1. 01
    What does mi need now?
    answer

    sano.

  2. 02
    What should someone call for?
    answer

    nive.

  3. 03
    What does ma sha hune tio warn?
    answer

    Do not drink this.