Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Baking bread

hal: Iti te lálems tl' Mali
english: This is Mary's house,

hal: Skwetáxw kw'es ómets thútl'o.
english: She's sitting down inside.

hal: Ó:met li te shxwelís the letám li te kéchel.
english: Sitting down, next to the table in the kitchen.

hal: Osu la kwútes te híkw lóthel, shxwelíscha kw'es thíytes te seplíls.
english: She went and took the big pan, and that's where she's gonna mix her bread.

hal: Osu me kwútes te mélk qas te shx̲éyth' seplíl, ocha su thíytes te seplíls.
english: She took the flour, and the milk, and that's what she's gonna use to mix her bread.

hal: Osu i te xwe'ítes sch'ech'átstexwes i te letám qesu qeth'átes te seplíls.
english: She got everything all mixed in that bowl, and that's where she's gonna mix her bread.

hal: Qáth'tes te tloqáys te seplíls.
english: She's pressing her bread down now.

hal: Osu lay hélwexes hálem te shxwelís... shxwelíscha kwe's las héyqetes la te stúp.
english: She's putting it in the pans and then she's gonna put it in the oven.

hal: Osu la le'ámestexwes te seplíls lam te shxwelís te stúp.
english: Now she takes her bread to the oven.

hal: Osu xwemáqetes te shxwhéyeqwals te stúp.
english: She openes the oven door.

hal: Osu le léwexes te sepíl lam tetha shxwe'íscha kw'es héyqetes
english: She puts the bread and stuff in the oven.

hal: Osu xwtqátes te shxwhéyeqwals te stúp.
english: She closed the oven door.

hal: Osu kwútes te máchus qesu... osu yéqweqstes te stúps.
english: She took the matches and she's gonna start the fire/lit the fire.

hal: Osu le'ámlest lam te shxwelís kw'e sth'óx̲wí:ls qe cha su th'éx̲wí:ltes te ilh hókwexes kw'es ólmetstes kw'es qw'éls te seplíls
english: She went to the sink where she's gonna wash all the things that she was using, while she's waiting for her bread to get cooked.

hal: Osu th'óx̲wiltes te híkw... Híkw lóthel ilh hókwexes.
english: She washed the big pan that she was using./She washed out the big pan that she was using.

hal: Osu íkw'etes te letám thútl'o.
english: She wiped off the table.

hal: Osu o:met o thutl'o li te shxwelis te letam. Ólmetstes kw'es qw'els te sepli:l.
english: She's just sitting at the table waiting for the bread to bake.

hal: Osu la xwílex thutl'o qesu la...la tésetes te stúp, me cha kwútes te seplíls.
english: She got up and she went towards the stove to get the bread out of the oven.

hal: Osu xwemáqetes te stúp- te shxwhéyeqals te stúp.
english: She opened door-, the oven door

hal: osu me kwútes mékw' te seplíls tloqáys.
english: She took all her bread out of the oven.

hal: Osu la kwútes, qesu le... le'ámestexes tes letám te seplíls.
english: She took the bread and put it on the table.

hal: Osu ch'átes li te letám te seplíls tloqáys.
english: She puts the bread on the table now.

hal: Osu la x̲éytl'thet te seplíl tloqáys.
english: The bread is cold now./The bread is cool now.

hal: Osu léwexes li te sítel, sítel te seplíl.
english: She put the bread in a basket

hal: Osu la kwútes te sítel sliw te seplíl qesu la teséthet ...lháq'exes stetís te stúp.
english: She took the basket of bread and put it close to the stove. put it beside the stove.

hal: Osu lam e q'ólthet thútl'o lam te shxwelís te letám.
english: She went back by the table.

hal: Osu ó:met o thútl'o, stámes tw'a kw'e ólmetstes.
english: She's just sitting down, you don't know what she's waiting for.

hal: Osu me kw'etxwílem te swíweles
english: And the boy walked in.

hal: "Ílhtsel tháyem" x̲ét'e "te seplíl", x̲ét'e the Máli.
english: Mary said "I was making bread today."/Mary said "I was making some bread."

hal: "Chxw kwa alétsastexw," x̲ét'e te swíweles "the seplíl íxw elh thá:yt?"
english: The boys says: "Where have you got the bread that you made?"

hal: "Ah, íkw'elo, " x̲étest... "íkw'elo kw'es lhálheqs'" x̲ét'e thútl'o.
english: "It's laying right here," she said.

hal: Osu emét yutl'lólem, li te letám. Tsu lép'exes te seplíl ilh tháytes.
english: They both sat down by the table, and they started eating the bread./They sat by the table, and they ate the bread that she was making.

hal: "Stam kw'as yóyes telowáyel?", x̲ét'e te swíweles.
english: "What were you doing (working) today?" the boy asked.