kai

Story 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.

Story Kai spaced review self-assessment model responses

learner boundary

Common Kai first

Story and Kaiven pages may invite mythic or inner readings. Read the scene as Common Kai first: who is present, what happens, what changes, and what grammar carries the action.

  • State the plain scene before symbolic meaning.
  • Mark particles and clause order before register notes.
  • Treat inner reading as commentary, not as the basic translation.

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. scene opening Two characters enter a place after a remembered event. Establish place, mood, and first action.
  2. direct speech repair A character says something unclear. Another character asks for a clearer line inside the scene.
  3. choice and consequence A character must choose between safety and speed. The second character argues for one path.
  4. mythic but clear A storyteller uses poetic texture but must keep the Common Kai scene understandable.

cards

Story Kai role-play set

card 01

scene opening

Two characters enter a place after a remembered event. Establish place, mood, and first action.

roles

  • narrator sets the scene
  • character answers from inside the scene

target forms

  • rinum
  • or
  • en
  • lumo
  • miri

constraints

  • Start with a setting line.
  • Include one completed past action with or.
  • Keep symbolic reading separate from the plain scene.

success checks

  • The listener can identify who is where.
  • The remembered event is grammatically marked.
  • The character voice is distinct from narration.
card 02

direct speech repair

A character says something unclear. Another character asks for a clearer line inside the scene.

roles

  • character A speaks first
  • character B asks for repair
  • narrator closes the exchange

target forms

  • lune
  • Mi sha e miri.
  • Ma lune rin-te.
  • sailune

constraints

  • Use direct speech or a reported speech line.
  • Add one repair line.
  • End with a narration sentence.

success checks

  • Speech and narration are not confused.
  • The repair is part of the scene, not a classroom aside.
  • The final narration shows what changed.
card 03

choice and consequence

A character must choose between safety and speed. The second character argues for one path.

roles

  • character A names the choice
  • character B gives a reason
  • narrator states the consequence

target forms

  • ri
  • liri
  • niva
  • yaro
  • an

constraints

  • Use ri for contrast.
  • Use liri for consequence.
  • State the chosen future action with an.

success checks

  • The conflict is visible in the grammar.
  • The reason supports the choice.
  • The consequence follows from the choice.
card 04

mythic but clear

A storyteller uses poetic texture but must keep the Common Kai scene understandable.

roles

  • storyteller gives the poetic line
  • listener asks for plain meaning
  • storyteller restates plainly

target forms

  • lumo
  • kai
  • miri
  • sio e rali poetic li common
  • Ma ore sio shal lumo.

constraints

  • Give one poetic line only.
  • Follow it with a plain Common Kai restatement.
  • Do not replace plot facts with symbolism.

success checks

  • The plain scene remains recoverable.
  • The symbolic line is labeled or repaired.
  • The listener can retell the event without metaphor.