- Spáth qes te Slílk'yap
- Háwe
- Receiving a xwélmexw name
- Skw'ékw'qáq
- How the Robin got his red breast
- Lets'lóts'tel
- Tháyem te Léx̲wtel
- Yeláwel éy
- Hálx̲eywa
- Xwe'ít te swáyel Létse
- X̲ex̲pítsel
- How the chipmunk got its stripes
- Xwe'ít te swáyel Isá:le
- Xwe'ít te swáyel Lhí:xw

- X̲pá:yelhp
- Xwe'ít te swáyel X̲eó'thel
- Xwe'it te swayel Lhq'á:tses
- Ye Spipáth
- Sásq'ets
- Tháyem te seplíl
Xwe'ít te swáyel Lhí:xw - Weather 3
Xwe'ít te swáyel Lhíxw
íti kw'ses ulh mi... ulh mi qelqéyl te swáyel
(it is) here that-it (is) starting to (turn) very/bad the day (sky).
Here it shows that the weather is going to turn bad.
Tl'o cha kw'e ew me o yíq x̲ét'e te swíyeqe
It will (be) that-it again comes (to) snow, said the man
The man says it looks like it's gonna snow.
Su kw'ókw'etsetes te swáyel qesu thét: "o, ulh me yíyeq"
So (he) looked at the sky and so (he) said ‘oh it is starting to snow’.
He was looking at the weather, and he says 'Oh, it's starting to snow
Osu la ts'ímel lá:t qesu la ses ulh lalát
o was going to (get) nearly night and so went it (to) be already night
It was pretty near evening, it turned dark.
Osu ulh me tímethet te syíyeq
So (it) started (to) try.hard the snow
And the snow was coming down hard.
Su tés te hoy texwswáyel qesu ses ulh léy lalát qesu osu me píwetem te máqa.
So (it) approached the finish (of) afternoon, and so it is already (was) towards the evening and so (it) came (to) freeze the snow.
Towards evening the snow started to freeze
Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
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swáyel | day, sky, weather | |
hó:yt | to finish it, finish something | |
ts'ímel | get close to, approach, nearly | |
swí:qe | man, male (creature or plant) | |
píwet | freeze (it), to freeze (tr.) | |
máqa | snow (on ground) | |
thét | to say it, say (tr.) | |
tés | to approach, get to | |
qelqéyl | to get destroyed, to turn bad, to get dirty/spoiled | |
yíq | to snow | |
tímet | do it harder | |
lá:t | to become night, get dark | |
x̲et'e | be saying, say | |
qél | bad | |
kw'ókw'etset | looking at it | |
yíyeq | be snowing | |
texwswáyel | midday, noon |
Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
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íti kw'ses ulh mi... ulh mi qelqéyl te swáyel | Here it shows that the weather is going to turn bad. | |
Tl'o cha kw'e ew me o yíq x̲ét'e te swíyeqe | The man says it looks like it's gonna snow. | |
Su kw'ókw'etsetes te swáyel qesu thét: "o, ulh me yíyeq" | He was looking at the weather, and he says 'Oh, it's starting to snow | |
Osu la ts'ímel lá:t qesu la ses ulh lalát | It was pretty near evening, it turned dark. | |
Osu ulh me tímethet te syíyeq | And the snow was coming down hard. | |
Su tés te hoy texwswáyel qesu ses ulh léy lalát qesu osu me píwetem te máqa. | Towards evening the snow started to freeze |
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