Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: 38: What did John catch?

hal: Stámcha kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli tlowáyél?
english: What will Mary use today?

hal: Tl'o kw'e elétsa pú:t la hókwexes tl' Máli?
english: Which boat did Mary use?

hal: Qéléx̲ kw'e le hókwexes.
english: It was fish eggs that he used.

hal: Stám kw'e íl hókwex tlowáyél?
english: What did I use today?

hal: Éwe is éy. Stám má:le kw'e hókwexes?
english: That's no good. What bait did he use?

hal: Ts'áts'el ew éy. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'es éwe is yóyes te pú:ts.
english: That's very good. But I heard his boat wasn't working.

hal: Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél?
english: I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?

hal: Kw'í:l sth'óqwi kw'e chxélches tl' Máli?
english: How many fish did Mary catch?

hal: Tewát kw'e chewa pú:t kw'e hókwexes?
english: Whose boat did he use?

hal: Tewát pú:t kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli?
english: Whose boat did Mary use?

hal: Swás tl' Máli pú:t le hókwexes.
english: He used Mary's boat.

hal: Stám kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli tlowáyél?
english: What did Mary use today?

hal: Ilh ew lámó qw'oqw'emó:thel. We léts'eó tl'élx̲xel chxélches.
english: He just went rod-fishing. He caught just one spring salmon.

hal: Ilh la lhós. Siláw láts'ewets sthéqí chxélches.
english: He was drift-netting. He caught more than one hundred sockeye.

hal: Tl'o kw'e elétsa pú:t íxw hókwex?
english: Which boat did you use?

hal: Stám kw'e íxw hókwex tlowáyél?
english: What did you use today?