Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: 8: Education

hal: Stám tethá?
english: What is that? / What's that?

hal: Éy ta' sx̲ex̲éyl syó:ys, qechexw mélmel yelíkw.
english: Your written work is good, but you made some mistakes.

hal: Kwíxetchexw te'í: we lís lí kw'e smélmel.
english: Read this in case there are some mistakes.

hal: Lí ew iyó:lem kw'as kwíxet te'í:?
english: Can you read this?

hal: Tl'ó syó:ys xwlám te skwúl.
english: It's work for school.

hal: Éy ta' sx̲ex̲éyls, qe qéx̲ ta' smélmel.
english: Your writing is good, but there are many mistakes.

hal: Qéx̲ te smélmel lí ta' syó:ys.
english: There are many mistakes in your work.

hal: Iyólem kw'as thíyt ta' syó:ys we lís lí ta' smélmel.
english: You should fix your work if there are mistakes there.

hal: Éy we lílelh kw'átset lí te tl'í sqwál pékw, we lís lí kw'e smélmel.
english: I should have looked in the dictionary in case there are mistakes.

hal: El stl'í kw'as kwíxet te'í.
english: I want you to read this.

hal: Th'exwmethóx ósu kwíxet te'í:.
english: Can you please read this?

hal: Lí ew éy.
english: That's okay.

hal: Tl'ó syó:ys xwelám te shxwtotí:lthet. Lí ew we lí kw'e smélmel?
english: It's work for class. Are there any mistakes?

hal: Tl'ó syó:ys xwelám te skwúl. El stl'í kw'as kw'átset ew lís lí kw'e smélmel.
english: It's work for school. I want you to look at it in case there are some mistakes there.

hal: Ts'áts'el éy ta' syó:ys, qe lí te smélmel sx̲ex̲éyl.
english: Your work is very good, but there are spelling mistakes.

hal: Látst kw'átset. Éy ta' syó:ys, qe qéx̲ te smélmel lí te sx̲ex̲éyl.
english: Let's look at it. Your work is good, but there are many mistakes in the writing.

hal: Ō, lí óle? Éy we lílelh kw'átset lí te tl'í sqwál pékw.
english: Oh, are there? I should have looked in the dictionary.

hal: Éy ew lílelh kw'átset lí te tl'í sqwál pékw, tl'ósu skw'áys kw'els mélmel.
english: I should have looked in the dictionary, so that I wouldn't make mistakes.

hal: Á:'a. Tl'ó kw'ses tl'í te sqwál tl'ó sa' mélmel.
english: Yes. It's because the words are difficult, that's why you made mistakes.

hal: Éy t'we shxwtá:s.
english: That would be a good thing.