Goal

Ask simple questions and use a few conversation phrases.

New Grammar

• Formal yes-no questions end with ke?.
• ke mui asks about quantity.
• Mini-ma prefers specific ke-* question forms.
• Locative questions use the pattern ... e en ke-loke?.

Core Vocabulary

Mini-ma	English
ke-man	who
ke-loke	where
ke-tempo	when
ke-rason	why
ke-modo	how
ke mui	how much, how many
name	name, word
salu	hello, goodbye
danke	thanks
sori	sorry
pale	speak, talk

Model Examples

tu i pale ke?
Do you speak?

tu name a ke?
What is your name?

ke-man a si?
Who is he, she, or it?

si e en ke-loke?
Where is he, she, or it?

tu e ke-modo?
How are you?

tu i ave a ke mui buku?
How many books do you have?

Guided Notes

• Put ke? at the end of a full yes-no question.
• Use ke-man instead of plain ke when you clearly mean “who”.
• Use a ke mui [noun] when the quantity phrase is the object.
• Use ke mui [noun] directly when it is the subject or measure phrase.
• name works both for “name” and “word”.
• Basic greetings are often just short phrases:

salu
hello

danke
thanks

sori
sorry

Compatibility with Mini

Plain Mini may use bare ke more often. Mini-ma prefers the more specific forms.

Practice

1. Translate into Mini-ma: “Where is the house?”
2. Translate into Mini-ma: “How are you?”
3. Translate into English: ke-man i pale?
4. Translate into Mini-ma: “Do you speak?”
5. Translate into Mini-ma: “How many books do you have?”
6. Write a short greeting with salu and danke.

Mini Recap

Mini-ma questions are easy to build once you know the right ke-* form.