1: Kweléches
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2: P'ípetlexw
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3: Kweléches
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4: P'ípetlexw
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5: Kweléches
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6: St'á te Lálems
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7: Skúkwel
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8: Skwúkwel
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9: Skwúkwel
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10: Skwúkwel
11: Skwúkwel
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12: Skw'éxam
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13: Tes te Skw'í:ls
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14: Kweléches
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15: Skwúkwel
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16: Swa Shxwéyeches
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17: - Kweléches
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18: Ílhtel
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19: Selchíms te Swáyel
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20: Qwólqweltel
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21: Tes Skw'í:ls
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22: Skúkwel
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23: Skúkwel
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24: Ílhtel
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25: Q'elq'éylthet
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26: Íleq'als kw'e Stámes
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27: Skwúkwel
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28: Q'elq'eylthet
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29: Sk'áxem
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30: Kweléches
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31: Skwúkwel
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32: Í:lhtel
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33: Tamethóm
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34: Shxwíyolem
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35: Skwúkwel
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36: Kweléches
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37: . Li kw'e Lá:lém
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38: Í:lhtel
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40: Stá te Lá:léms
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42; Í:lhtel
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44: Qwólqweltel
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46: Pípe'áwtxw
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48: Í:lhtel
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49: Stá te Lá:léms
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50; Iyósthet
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10: Skwúkwel - 10: Education

Introduction to SUH

A
El sqwálewel kw'els ew stá ó tloxwelált.
It looks like I'll just stay home tonight.
B
Lí ew the'í:t? Xwe'ít kwá?
Really? Why?
A
Tsel kwelám te totí:lt syó:ys. Kweláttsel te Halq'eméylem syó:ys.
I have some homework. I have Halq'eméylem work.
B
Stám tethá? Lícha wu híth?
What is it? Will it take a long time?
A
X̲é:ylttselcha te sx̲ex̲éyl syó:ys. Ewétal slhq'élexw weselchímes kw'es
híths.
I'm going to write an essay. I don't know if it will take long.
B. Yó:yschexw kwá! Wehílexwexw tés te sth'ó:kws qesu lámtset te
pekcha'áwtxw.
Get to work then! If you finish by seven o'clock [lit. when it approaches seven o'clock] we will go to the cinema.
Get to work then! If you finish by seven o'clock we will go to the cinema.

Introduction to SUH

A
El sqwálewel kw'els éwe xwchálál tloxwelált.
I think I'm not going anywhere this evening.
B
Tl'ekwslechíms kw'e shxwt'á:s?
[lit. "why is it that this is so/done?"]
Why is that?
A
Tsel kwelát te Halq'eméylem syóysthálémet.
[lit. ...Halq'eméylem that I was made to work]
I have some Halq'eméylem work.
B
Líchexwcha híth kw'as yó:ys?
Will you be working a long time?
A
Ewétal slhq'él:exw. X̲é:ylttselcha te sx̲ex̲éyl syó:ys.
I don't know. I will be writing an essay.
B
Ówthetchexw! Líxw we hílexw ta' syó:ys lámtset te pekcha'áwtxw.
Hurry up! If you finish your work, we can still go to the cinema.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Skw'áy kw'els lám tloxwelált. I can't go tonight.
Tselcha kwelát kw'e t'ékw'stem syó:ys. I will have some homework.
Tselcha kwelát te xwelítemqel syó:ys tloxwelált. I will have some English work tonight.
Líxwcha hó:y la tes te sth'ó:kws, ósu lámtset te pekcha'áwtxw. If you finish by seven, then we will go to the cinema.
Líchexw sta'á:wel kw'es éys te totí:ltthet syó:ys xwelám ye stáxwelh? Do you think that studying is good for children?
Elétse kw'es yóysemet ta' t'ékw'stexw syó:ys? Where do you work on your homework?
Lí te skwuláwtxw kw'els tó:lt tel syó:ys. I learn my work at school.
X̲é:ylttselcha te sx̲ex̲éyl syó:ys. Ewétal slhq'élexw we selchímescha kw'es híths. I'm going to write an essay. I don't know how long it will take.
El sqwálewel kw'els éwe xwchálál tloxwelált. I think I'm not going anywhere this evening.
El sqwálewel kw'els ew stá ó tloxwelált. It looks like I'll just stay home tonight.
Tl'ekwslechíms kw'e shxwt'á:s? Why is that?
Lí ew the'í:t? Xwe'ít kwá? Really? Why?
Tsel kwelát te Halq'eméylem syóysthálémet. I have some Halq'eméylem work.
Tsel kwelám te totí:lt syó:ys. Kweláttsel te Halq'eméylem syó:ys. I have some homework. I have Halq'eméylem work.
Stám tethá? Lícha wu híth? What is it? Will it take a long time?
Líchexwcha híth kw'as yó:ys? Will you be working a long time?
X̲é:ylttselcha te sx̲ex̲éyl syó:ys. Ewétal slhq'élexw weselchímes kw'es híths.
Ewétal slhq'él:exw. X̲é:ylttselcha te sx̲ex̲éyl syó:ys. I don't know. I will be writing an essay.
I'm going to write an essay. I don't know if it will take long. B. Yó:yschexw kwá! Wehílexwexw tés te sth'ó:kws qesu lámtset te
Ówthetchexw! Líxw we hílexw ta' syó:ys lámtset te pekcha'áwtxw. Hurry up! If you finish your work, we can still go to the cinema.
pekcha'áwtxw. Get to work then! If you finish by seven o'clock we will go to the cinema.

War and raiding parties were a part of our life, long ago. Raiding parties would sometimes come to our territory from Vancouver Island (Nanaimo and Cowichan) and Kwantlen, who used the Upriver fisheries, would sometimes attack the Chilliwack, Sumas, and Pelalt people. However, they would not attack the Tait.

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