Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Weather 5

hal: tútl'ó:
english: he, him

hal: theqá:t
english: tree

hal: pó:t
english: to blow it

hal: híth
english: for a long time

hal: ts'áts'el
english: very

hal: qéx̲
english: much, many, a lot

hal: pehá:ls
english: to blow (of the wind), it's windy

hal: iyóthet
english: to start

hal: spehá:ls
english: wind

hal: xwa
english: to become

hal: tíméthet
english: trying, doing something hard

hal: met'mét
english: easy to bend

hal: ew
english: again

hal: mékw'stám
english: everything

hal: yalh
english: as usual, this time, now, the first time

hal: Osu ew yet hith qesu le osu su ts'ats'el ew xwe xwe qex̲ te spehals
english: It blew so hard.

hal: Osu me timethet te spehals su le me met'tes te theqet
english: The trees started to bend, because the wind was blowing so hard.

hal: Osu le yalh s-es le hoy
english: And then finally it died down, it quit.

hal: Osu le xwe kw'ese semit mekw' timethet tutl'o spehals
english: Everything had to bend on account of the wind being so hard.

hal: Ulh iyothet te spehals
english: The wind started to blow

hal: Me potem te mekw'stames
english: It blew everything