Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: How the Robin got his red breast 1

hal: aliyó:mex
english: good looking (of several people)

hal: ót
english: to call (him/her/it)

hal: lhéqw
english: wet

hal: malyít
english: to marry him/her

hal: yít'et
english: melt something

hal: siyólh
english: wood, firewood

hal: iyés
english: female friend, dear, ma'am

hal: iyéseq
english: sir, buddy (for a male friend)

hal: só:tets
english: north wind, east wind, cold wind

hal: xwa
english: to become

hal: héyeqwt
english: burning something, lighting a fire

hal: ólexem
english: go get something

hal: sqalqíts
english: south wind

hal: q'á:lemi
english: teenage girls (several)

hal: ts'íyxw
english: dry, be dry, get dry

hal: ...melyítes telí the q'álemi.
english: ...he married one of the girls.

hal: Tl'ó kwe ólus stetís te híyqw wiyóth ó.
english: Because he stayed right close to the fire all the time.

hal: Éystexwes tl'ókw'es éwelh yít'etes te lálems.
english: He liked it because never melted his house.

hal: Wiyóth ó la ólexem te syólh.
english: he would always go for firewood.

hal: …só:tets te skwíxs tútl'o.
english: northwind was his name.

hal: Lí te mó:qw stíta lí te stótelō,
english: there was a bird that lived by the creek,

hal: Ó:tes the sísles éyesiya sqalqíts.
english: He called for his grandmother, dear mrs. southwind.

hal: su tl'o te ts'íyxw syólh.
english: so it was dry wood.

hal: Lets'áxw lí te swíyqe…
english: one time there was a man…

hal: Tl'ó te lhéqw syólh híyqwtes.
english: it was wet wood that he lit.

hal: Kwa lís la ólexem te syólh
english: Anyways he went to get wood

hal: yáysele te mámeles alíyómex q'álemi.
english: he had two children, beautiful daughters.

hal: Qesu yít'etes te lálems te skw'ílhews.
english: And he melted his father-in-law’s house.

hal: Kwa te iyéseq skw'ekw'qáq,
english: anyways, friend robin...

hal: Telí tethá kwes xwá tskwím te s'íles,
english: From that his chest became red