Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Weather 3

hal: swáyel
english: day, sky, weather

hal: hó:yt
english: to finish it, finish something

hal: ts'ímel
english: get close to, approach, nearly

hal: swí:qe
english: man, male (creature or plant)

hal: píwet
english: freeze (it), to freeze (tr.)

hal: máqa
english: snow (on ground)

hal: thét
english: to say it, say (tr.)

hal: tés
english: to approach, get to

hal: qelqéyl
english: to get destroyed, to turn bad, to get dirty/spoiled

hal: yíq
english: to snow

hal: tímet
english: do it harder

hal: lá:t
english: to become night, get dark

hal: x̲et'e
english: be saying, say

hal: qél
english: bad

hal: kw'ókw'etset
english: looking at it

hal: yíyeq
english: be snowing

hal: texwswáyel
english: midday, noon

hal: íti kw'ses ulh mi... ulh mi qelqéyl te swáyel
english: Here it shows that the weather is going to turn bad.

hal: Tl'o cha kw'e ew me o yíq x̲ét'e te swíyeqe
english: The man says it looks like it's gonna snow.

hal: Su kw'ókw'etsetes te swáyel qesu thét: "o, ulh me yíyeq"
english: He was looking at the weather, and he says 'Oh, it's starting to snow

hal: Osu la ts'ímel lá:t qesu la ses ulh lalát
english: It was pretty near evening, it turned dark.

hal: Osu ulh me tímethet te syíyeq
english: And the snow was coming down hard.

hal: Su tés te hoy texwswáyel qesu ses ulh léy lalát qesu osu me píwetem te máqa.
english: Towards evening the snow started to freeze