- S'ólh Halq'eméylem : Alétse tel Lháts'tel
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 2: Stl'ítset
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 3: Lháq'etchexw la te Letám
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 4: El Stl'í. Alétse?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 5: Lháq'etchexw la te letám.
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 6: Li te Kéchel
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 7: Li te Kó
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'íwes 8: Li te Letám
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 9: Li te Lá:lém
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 10: Lí te Kéchel
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 11: Li te Lá:lém
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 12: Li te Lá:lém
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 13: Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 14: Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 15: Li te Kéchel
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 16: Éwe el Stl'ís!
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 17: Lí ulh Píwetes tl' Máli ye Sth'óqwi?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 18: Áletse tel X̲éltel?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 19: Áletse te Tl'álhem?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 20: Lichexw Xwemá:qet?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 21: Lhéqwchexw!
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 22: Te S'élíyá
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 23: Tsel Ékw'elexw!
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 24: Le Xwe'ít Tútl'ó?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 25: Tsel Ts'lhám...
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 26: Lichexw Th'ex̲wá:tsesem?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 27: Lichexw Xóxekw'em?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 28: Kwelátes tl' Máli te X̲á:ws Swíweles
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 29: Le ew Stá the Máli
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 30: Xóxelhmettsel te Sqáqele
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 31: Selchím ta' Swáyel?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 32: Lí Máytemkw'eTewátes?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 33: Lí Petámethó:me?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 34: Líchexw Kw'ókw'iy?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 35: Th'íyxwem Sátelhsthóxchexw
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 36
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 37: Stámcha kw'e Lép'exexw?
- 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?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 40: La qw'óqw'emó:thel the Máli.
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 41: Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e wátes
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 42: Líchexw lhíts'eqwem?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 43: Tewát kw'e lép'ex tel s'álhtel?
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 44: Éy te sq'ép
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 45: Ts'áts'el ew éy te'íle sq'éylo
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 46: Elétse te Sth'óqwi el Schxélcha?
- 47: Shxwlíselh kw'els stá
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 48: Stl'ítset kw'e Sqemó:s te Músmes.
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 49: Líp Lám te Shxwímálá...
- S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 50: Chó:lxwem ta' sxéle!
S'ólh Halq'eméylem S'í:wes' 41: Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e wátes - 41: Somebody Called You
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 41A
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 41B
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| Tewátcha kw'e qw'eyílex? | Who is going to dance? | |
| Tewát kw'e qw'eyílex? | Who danced? | |
| Tewát kw'e ílh lí tethá? | Who was there? | |
| Tl'ó Máli qw'eyílex. | It was Mary who danced. | |
| Tl'ócha Máli qw'eyílex. | It will be Mary who dances. | |
| Tsel ts'lhá:met tí:ltel te shxwtatí:m. Tewát kw'e me tatí:m? | I heard the phone ring. Who called? | |
| Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e tewátes. | Somebody called you. | |
| Tl'ó te Chól. X̲éte kw'es híkws sq'ép teló xwelált. | It was John. He said there's a big gathering tonight. | |
| Tewát kw'e me tá:m? | Who called? | |
| Tl'ó Máli kw'e ilh me tá:m. X̲éte thútl'ó kw'es híkws sq'ép lechás. | It was Mary who called. She said there's a big gathering somewhere. | |
| Lí ew the'ít? Tewátcha kw'e t'ílem? | Really? Who's going to sing? | |
| Tewátcha kw'e lí tethá? | Who's going to be there? | |
| Ewetá slheq'él:exw. Skw'á:y kw'els t'ílem ta'á'althe! | I don't know. I can't sing! | |
| Mékw' ye yóyes mi tethá. | Everyone from work will be coming there. |
Asking Who Did an Action
To make a sentence of the form Who VERBed? you use the pattern shown in (1). Some examples are given in (2).
(1) Tewát kw'e VERB?
(2) (a) Tewát kw'e ímex?
Who walked?
(b) Tewát kw'e t'ílem?
Who sang?
To ask what did an action, simply substitute stám into this pattern.
Vowel-Lengthening to Make -ing Forms
You have now learned many -ing forms (e.g. ímex is to walk, where-as í:mex is walking), and you have probably noticed that the -ing form for a given word is not always predictable. However, most (though not all) cases of -ing forms for verbs fit into one of a few different fairly simple patterns. The simplest of these patterns is probably the following one:
(3) Vowel-Lengthening to Make -ing Forms
If the word starts with a vowel, the -ing form is usually (not always) formed by making the vowel
long, which is written with a colon.
Here are some examples:
(4) (a) ímex to walk í:mex walking
(b) ólmets to wait for him/her ó:lmets waiting for him/her
This pattern of vowel-lengthening is also common if the verb starts with an h-. If the verb starts with an e, this rule does not apply, and you usually get an unpredictable (or not obviously predictable) change to another vowel in the -ing form.
Consonant-Vowel Doubling to Make -ing Forms
If the verb ends in a consonant, the most common pattern used is a kind of doubling, as follows:
(5) Consonant-Vowel Doubling to Make -ing Forms
If the verb starts with a consonant, the -ing form is usually (not always) formed
by doubling part of the verb, by following these three steps.
1. Take the first consonant and vowel, and double them.
E.g. t'ílem --> t'ít'ílem.
2. Now 'reduce' the second vowel to an e.
Eg. t'ílem --> t'ít'ílem --> t'ít'elem
Here are some more examples (taken from vocabulary that you already know):
(6) Basic Word Double first C. and V. Make second vowel an 'e'
(a) lhp'ótl'em --> lhp'óp'ótl'em --> lhp'óp'etl'em
(b) xólhmet --> xóxólhmet --> xóxelhmet
(c) lhíts'et --> lhílhíts'et --> lhílhets'et
Notice how the 'lh' in the (c)-example (cut it) is treated as a single consonantunit, for the purpose of doubling; in fact, 'lh' is a single sound, it is just written with two letters (as is also the case with qw, kw, q', k', and other complex sounds in Halq'eméylem, each of which is actually a single complex consonant).