S'ólh Halq'eméylem : Alétse tel Lháts'tel
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 2: Stl'ítset
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 3: Lháq'etchexw la te Letám
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 4: El Stl'í. Alétse?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 5: Lháq'etchexw la te letám.
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 6: Li te Kéchel
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 7: Li te Kó
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'íwes 8: Li te Letám
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 9: Li te Lá:lém
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 10: Lí te Kéchel
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 11: Li te Lá:lém
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 12: Li te Lá:lém
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 13: Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 14: Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 15: Li te Kéchel
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 16: Éwe el Stl'ís!
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 17: Lí ulh Píwetes tl' Máli ye Sth'óqwi?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 18: Áletse tel X̲éltel?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 19: Áletse te Tl'álhem?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 20: Lichexw Xwemá:qet?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 21: Lhéqwchexw!
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 22: Te S'élíyá
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 23: Tsel Ékw'elexw!
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 24: Le Xwe'ít Tútl'ó?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 25: Tsel Ts'lhám...
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 26: Lichexw Th'ex̲wá:tsesem?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 27: Lichexw Xóxekw'em?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 28: Kwelátes tl' Máli te X̲á:ws Swíweles
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 29: Le ew Stá the Máli
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 30: Xóxelhmettsel te Sqáqele
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 31: Selchím ta' Swáyel?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 32: Lí Máytemkw'eTewátes?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 33: Lí Petámethó:me?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 34: Líchexw Kw'ókw'iy?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 35: Th'íyxwem Sátelhsthóxchexw
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 36
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 37: Stámcha kw'e Lép'exexw?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 38: Stám kw'e Chxélches tl' Chól?
S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 39: Stám kw'e Thíytexw?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 40: La qw'óqw'emó:thel the Máli.
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 41: Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e wátes
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 42: Líchexw lhíts'eqwem?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 43: Tewát kw'e lép'ex tel s'álhtel?
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 44: Éy te sq'ép
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 45: Ts'áts'el ew éy te'íle sq'éylo
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 46: Elétse te Sth'óqwi el Schxélcha?
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47: Shxwlíselh kw'els stá
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 48: Stl'ítset kw'e Sqemó:s te Músmes.
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 49: Líp Lám te Shxwímálá...
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 50: Chó:lxwem ta' sxéle!
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S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 38: Stám kw'e Chxélches tl' Chól? - 38: What did John catch?

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 38A

A
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél?
I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?
B
Ilh ew lámó qw'oqw'emó:thel. We léts'eó tl'élx̲xel chxélches.
He just went rod-fishing. He caught just one spring salmon.
A
Éwe is éy. Stám má:le kw'e hókwexes?
That's no good. What bait did he use?
B
Qéléx̲ kw'e le hókwexes.
It was fish eggs that he used.

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 38B

A
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél?
I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?
B
Ilh la lhós. Siláw láts'ewets sthéqí chxélches.
He was drift-netting. He caught more than one hundred sockeye.
A
Ts'áts'el ew éy. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'es éwe is yóyes te pú:ts.
That's very good. But I heard his boat wasn't working.
Tewát kw'e chewa pú:t kw'e hókwexes?
Whose boat did he use?
B
Swás tl' Máli pú:t le hókwexes.
He used Mary's boat.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Stám kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli tlowáyél? What did Mary use today?
Stámcha kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli tlowáyél? What will Mary use today?
Stám kw'e íxw hókwex tlowáyél? What did you use today?
Stám kw'e íl hókwex tlowáyél? What did I use today?
Kw'í:l sth'óqwi kw'e chxélches tl' Máli? How many fish did Mary catch?
Tl'o kw'e elétsa pú:t la hókwexes tl' Máli? Which boat did Mary use?
Tewát pú:t kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli? Whose boat did Mary use?
Tl'o kw'e elétsa pú:t íxw hókwex? Which boat did you use?
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél? I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?
Ilh la lhós. Siláw láts'ewets sthéqí chxélches. He was drift-netting. He caught more than one hundred sockeye.
Ilh ew lámó qw'oqw'emó:thel. We léts'eó tl'élx̲xel chxélches. He just went rod-fishing. He caught just one spring salmon.
Éwe is éy. Stám má:le kw'e hókwexes? That's no good. What bait did he use?
Ts'áts'el ew éy. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'es éwe is yóyes te pú:ts. That's very good. But I heard his boat wasn't working.
Qéléx̲ kw'e le hókwexes. It was fish eggs that he used.
Tewát kw'e chewa pú:t kw'e hókwexes? Whose boat did he use?
Swás tl' Máli pú:t le hókwexes. He used Mary's boat.

Asking What 'He/She/It' did To Something

To ask a question about what he, she, or it did to something, you use the pattern shown in (1). Some examples are shown in (2).


(1) Pattern for Asking what He/She/It did to Something

Stám kw'e VERB-es tútl'ó?

What the VERB-es he = What did he VERB?


(2) Examples of Sentences Built using the Pattern in (1)

(a) Stám kw'e hókwexes tútl'ó?

What did he use?

(b) Stám kw'e chxélches tútl'ó?

What did he catch?

(c) Stám kw'e lép'exes tútl'ó?

What did he eat?


The -es ending is probably just the same -es ending which is added whenever he/she/it is the doer acting on a receiver. (Sometimes, if it is easier to pronounce, this -es ending will just come out as an -s, too.)


Instead of tútl'ó, you can subsitute thútl'ó, or any other noun as the doer, as in the examples in (3). 


(3) Same Pattern as in (1), but Using Different Nouns as Doers

(a) Stám kw'e hókwexes thútl'ó?

What did she use?

(b) Stám kw'e hókwexes te swíyeqe?

What did the man use?

(c) Stám kw'e hókwexes the slhá:lí?

What did the woman use?


In context, you can also simply drop the tútl'ó, and it will be understood from context that he, she, or it (referring to some person or thing in the context) is the doer, as in (4).


(4) Same Pattern as in (1), But Dropping the tútl'ó Altogether

Stám kw'e hókwexes?

What did he/she/it use? [which one is understood from context] 


Unlike with questions about what I or you did, using the future form when asking what he/she/it did is not complicated: you simply add -cha onto stám, as in the example in (5).


(5) Same Pattern as in (1), But in the Future

Stámcha kw'e hókwexes tútl'ó?

What will he use?


And finally, you can use tewát instead of stám in all such sentences. Examples of questions with tewát are given in the exercises that follow. 

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