kai

local proficiency scale

Kai proficiency scale

A CEFR-like local scale for tracking Kai course progress. It is not an official CEFR rating; it is a practical way to decide what a learner can do inside this course system.

course index Use this after the lesson pattern feels familiar and you need the full grammar rule. reference grammar Use this when moving English meaning into clear, recoverable Common Kai. translation handbook

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.

rule

evidence before labels

Use a level only after the learner can show work: completed practice sheets, corrected answer keys, final assessments or projects, self-assessment notes, and spaced-review passes.

boundary

Common Kai first

Sacred Kai skill does not replace Common Kai clarity. The scale treats Sacred and Lumin work as specialist control on top of practical Common Kai.

levels

K0-K5 can-do scale

K0 pre-A1-like

Orientation

The learner can recognize Roman Kai as a sound-first writing system and produce first identity sentences with support.

can do

  • read the five core vowels and simple syllables aloud
  • recognize that spelling is phonemic and not English-based
  • understand first e identity or quality sentences
  • copy short Kai lines accurately

evidence

  • pronunciation practice sheet
  • first-sentence practice
  • corrected lesson notes

Beginner lessons 1-2

K1 A1-like

Foundation Common Kai

The learner can handle short, literal Common Kai sentences about identity, safety, need, place, action, time, and simple questions.

can do

  • read Roman Kai aloud from spelling
  • write short subject-predicate sentences
  • ask and answer basic yes/no and content questions
  • use Common Kai before symbolic or Sacred Kai readings

evidence

  • Beginner final assessment
  • Beginner self-assessment
  • Beginner spaced-review pass

Complete Beginner Kai

K2 A2-like

Everyday Common Kai

The learner can manage ordinary practical situations, repair misunderstandings, and produce short dialogues with stable everyday vocabulary.

can do

  • handle home, food, family, travel, work, money, health, and help situations
  • ask for clarification and repeat or repair speech
  • thank, apologize, disagree politely, and set simple boundaries
  • write practical short dialogues

evidence

  • Everyday final assessment
  • Everyday dialogue practice
  • Everyday self-assessment

Complete Everyday Kai

K3 B1-like

Story and Connected Kai

The learner can read and write connected scenes with sequence, memory, dialogue, reasons, conditions, and controlled mythic texture.

can do

  • narrate events in sequence
  • write dialogue with direct and indirect speech
  • use reasons, conditions, contrast, and character voice
  • analyze guided Kaiven passages without losing Common Kai clarity

evidence

  • Story final project
  • guided reading notes
  • Story self-assessment

Complete Story Kai

K4 B2-like

Advanced Common Kai

The learner can translate complex material into recoverable Common Kai, manage register deliberately, and write clear technical or argumentative prose.

can do

  • use relative clauses, embedded clauses, modality, comparison, and quantifiers
  • translate complex English without copying English structure
  • write definitions and technical explanations
  • explain rejected alternatives and register choices

evidence

  • Advanced portfolio
  • Advanced final assessment
  • Advanced self-assessment

Complete Advanced Kai

K5 C1-like specialist

Sacred and Specialist Kai

The learner can work in Sacred Kai, name-making, Lumin analysis, vows, seals, chants, and symbolic commentary while preserving Common Kai boundaries.

can do

  • separate Common Kai meaning from sacred or inner reading
  • create names, vows, short chants, or seal entries with commentary
  • read and explain basic Lumin structure
  • state when sacred language must not replace practical instruction

evidence

  • Sacred capstone
  • Lumin analysis notes
  • Sacred self-assessment

Complete Sacred Kai and Lumin

course path

course-to-level map

K0 / K1 / pre-A1-like / A1-like

Beginner Kai

Complete zero-to-foundation course: sounds, spelling, first sentences, simple questions, daily survival grammar, cumulative reviews, and final assessment.

K3 / B1-like

Story Kai

Complete intermediate course for reading and writing scenes, memories, dialogue, reasons, conditions, guided Kaiven readings, and mythic narration without losing Common Kai clarity.

K4 / B2-like

Advanced Kai

Complete advanced course for complex clauses, modality, comparison, argument, translation, technical language, register control, portfolio work, and final assessment.

K5 / C1-like specialist

Sacred Kai and Lumin

Complete specialized course for the Sacred/Common boundary, Kai symbolism, vows, name-making, Lumin analysis, seals, chants, poetic compression, and capstone composition.