kai

Story Kai / speaking

solo and partner speaking prompts

Short speaking prompts for recording yourself and working with a partner. Each prompt gives a focused task, steps, and self-checks, with companion model responses available after the first attempt.

Story Kai role-play cards model responses recording checklist

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 use prompts

  • Read the prompt once silently and once aloud before starting.
  • Record or perform the first attempt without pausing for correction.
  • Use the self-checks to revise the second attempt.
  • Compare the second attempt with the model response page.

path

prompt list

  1. plain scene first solo / scene narration
  2. character voice solo / direct speech
  3. mythic restraint solo / poetic texture with clarity
  4. scene handoff partner / collaborative narration
  5. dialogue repair in scene partner / speech and narration
  6. choice pressure partner / reasons and consequences

solo

solo practice prompts

3 prompts

Use these for individual recordings, pronunciation review, and fluency self-checks.

solo 01 / scene narration

plain scene first

Tell a short scene in five sentences: place, person, completed action, feeling, and next action.

steps

  1. Start with the place.
  2. Use or for one completed action.
  3. Use an for the next action.

self-check

  • The listener can retell the plain scene.
  • Mood does not replace plot.
  • Time marking is recoverable.
solo 02 / direct speech

character voice

Speak as a character who wants one thing but refuses another.

steps

  1. Use li for desire.
  2. Use sha for refusal.
  3. Add one reason after ri or liri.

self-check

  • The voice sounds like a character, not a grammar list.
  • The desire is clear.
  • The refusal has a reason or consequence.
solo 03 / poetic texture with clarity

mythic restraint

Record one poetic line and then explain the same event plainly.

steps

  1. Use one image such as lumo or miri.
  2. Give a plain Common Kai restatement.
  3. Say why the plain line matters.

self-check

  • The image is not overused.
  • The plain event is understandable.
  • The two registers are separated.

partner

partner practice prompts

3 prompts

Use these for turn-taking practice, repair routines, and level-specific conversation control.

partner 01 / collaborative narration

scene handoff

Partner A opens a scene. Partner B continues it with a completed action and a consequence.

steps

  1. A names place and character.
  2. B uses or for a completed event.
  3. A adds a liri consequence.

self-check

  • The scene stays coherent.
  • Each speaker adds new information.
  • The consequence follows the action.
partner 02 / speech and narration

dialogue repair in scene

A character says something unclear; another character asks for repair inside the story.

steps

  1. Use lune or a direct quote.
  2. Use a repair phrase.
  3. Close with narration showing what changed.

self-check

  • Dialogue and narration are distinct.
  • Repair stays in-world.
  • The final narration resolves the moment.
partner 03 / reasons and consequences

choice pressure

Debate a character choice between a safe path and a fast path.

steps

  1. Use ri for contrast.
  2. Use niva or nivu.
  3. End with an future action.

self-check

  • The choice is visible.
  • Both sides give reasons.
  • The decision leads to a next action.