Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Weather 2

hal: lhémexw
english: raining, ([having a] rainshower with light wind

hal: tl'ép
english: low, deep

hal: swí:qe
english: man, male (creature or plant)

hal: máqa
english: snow (on ground)

hal: híth
english: for a long time

hal: tloqá:ys
english: now

hal: qéx̲
english: much, many, a lot

hal: shxw'áthetel
english: cloud, cloudy

hal: tímet
english: do it harder

hal: syíq
english: snow (noun), a snowfall

hal: x̲et'e
english: be saying, say

hal: tíméthet
english: trying, doing something hard

hal: yíyeq
english: be snowing

hal: átse
english: next, again

hal: ulh
english: already

hal: pél
english: get buried, planted

hal: éwe cha híithes qeyálh....
english: it won't be long before.....

hal: me lhémexw
english: start to rain

hal: me xwe tl'ép
english: it started to get deep

hal: úlh me...
english: it started to...

hal: me yiyeq
english: start to snow

hal: xwe'ít te swáyel?
english: what's the weather like?

hal: "Ulh mílh... mi thethí te shxwe'áthetel éwe cha hiíhes qeyálh me lhémexw" x̲ét'e te swíyeqe.
english: "There's a cloud coming, it won't be long and it's gonna start raining'" the man said.

hal: Osu tl'o ses me lhémexw tloqays.
english: And so it was raining now.

hal: Osu me tímethet, tímethet kw'es lhémexws osu me xwe... osu me yíyeq.
english: It was raining hard, and then it turned to snow.

hal: Osu me... átsel me xwe qéx̲ te syíq.
english: Wasn't long before the snow got thick.

hal: Qex̲ kw'ses éw yíyeq.
english: There was lots of snow.

hal: Su o:su me xwa tl'ép te máqe.
english: The snow got deep.

hal: Osu xwá:qeley pel te swiyeqe.
english: The man pretty near got buried in it.